Robert,
maybe "nice" is what you're after - see : man nice
On 13 February 2010 07:41, Robert Gauld <bitfolklist(a)robertgauld.co.uk> wrote:
A bit of help with finding the right command please.
What I'm after doing is a bit of video transcoding on a 4 times a year
basis, I realise this is CPU intensive and would like to be a good
neighbour to the others who are on the same physical box as me.
How do I run a command in low priority mode?
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Alastair Sherringham