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</div></div>The latter. Basically, a process with a higher priority will get<br>
resources before a process with a lower priority. (It's a bit more<br>
complicated and I don't pretend to understand it but for country bumpkins<br>
like me that explanation will suffice.)<br>
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So f@h is grinding along, sucking up 100% CPU, and then myth cranks up,<br>
needs CPU cycles, and the f@h process will get less CPU. Lots less if<br>
myth is high in the list and f@h is low.<br>
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I'm surprised you don't have man pages on those; AFAIK they're a basic<br>
part of any *nix. Your distro must have them as an optional install.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Okay, thanks, that is pretty clear (even for me lol).<br></div></div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
Note if you are iobound this is NOT your solution, however....</blockquote><div><br>Can you explain this?<br><br><br>Thanks a bunch<br>Bob <br></div>