Re: [Mingw-users] process priority and niceness

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Quoting John Ratliff <web...@te...>:

> I don't seem to have the command 'nice' in my msys. Does this command
> exist on msys? Is there something similar I can do to change process
> priority?
>

No, it isn't needed to implement the minimal system that MSYS required. 
  Use the windows task manager to change the process priority.

> I want to run mencoder in the background, but in the lowest possible
> priority. If I use windows task manager to set the process to the lowest
> priority, I can use the machine as needed without noticeable degradation
> (i.e. my web browser is still immediately responsive).
>
> How can I do this from a bourne script in msys?
>

Perhaps a C program to use the W32API?

Earnie