Re: [Mingw-users] process priority and niceness

[NightStrike <nig...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:26 AM, John Ratliff <web...@te...> wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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?

The "start" command that comes with windows is for this purpose.
start /low xxxx.exe will do exactly what you want.  See start /? for
details.