Questions tagged [nice]
Use for questions concerning the Linux/Unix nice program, or the related renice or ionice programs, used for controlling process priority. For questions concerning the NICE Media Player, use the [nice-media-player] tag.
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Cron job not abiding by the nice command
I got a script that backs up minecraft worlds, when ran by command (nice -19 ./backup.sh) it doesn't lag what so ever, server load stays low. When I try to do nice -19 ./backup.sh in a cronjob, it ...
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how to prioritize windows process to WSL tasks?
I have a Windows OS, with a WSL installed. I am running some computation heavy processes in WSL, written in Fortran, submit using nohup, which usually takes 10 hours to complete a task.
I wanted to ...
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How to sort output of top command based on nice value?
We can use Shift+p to sort on basic of cpu usage, Shift+r to sort on basis of pid & Shift+m on basis of memory utilisation.
How to sort output of top command based on nice value?
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Nicing processes and unresponsive computers
I've a of process running on a machine. The machines are 6-core hyperthreaded for an effective total of 12 cores and the process takes 400% of the cpu so 4 cores.
I niced the process to +19 for a ...
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Linux command line: run mon nice and C exectuable together
I'm trying to run ./a.out, but monitored (using mon) and nice'd to highest priority.
Here are the commands separately:
nice -n -20 /home/pi/a.out //works fine
mon /home/pi/a.out //works fine
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Can ionice reduce wear and tear on hard disks?
Without knowing how ionice works functionally, I was wondering if ionice more smartly batches disk I/O operations for more efficient physical movement (spinning disks specifically).
I run a lot of ...