Re: [Mingw-users] process priority and niceness

[John R. <web...@te...>]

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 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
Thanks. I will look into this.

--John Ratliff