Re: [Mingw-users] process priority and niceness

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

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Earnie Boyd <ea...@us...>:
>
>   
>> Quoting John Ratliff <web...@te...>:
>>
>>     
>>> My new problem is
>>> that start doesn't wait for anything to finish, so my script continues
>>> before it's supposed to (or can). I tried adding //WAIT, but it didn't.
>>>
>>>       
>> What if you replace start with cmd instead?  Start creates a new parent
>> process.  Cmd should execute as a child process.
>>
>>     
>
> Clarification:
>
> $ cmd //c command //switch
>
> Without //c the cmd process is executed and the not the command.
>   
The /LOW switch only works with start.

But switching the process priority on the parent sh.exe is a good enough 
solution for me. It has the added benefit I don't have to tailor my 
script on windows.

Thanks for the suggestion,

--John Ratliff