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From: wtm@bunker.UUCP (Bill McGarry)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: a "nice" rnews...
Keywords: cpu hog, high load average
Message-ID: <3726@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 88 04:36:09 GMT
References: <1751@tolerant.UUCP>
Reply-To: wtm@bunker.UUCP (Bill McGarry)
Organization: Bunker Ramo, an Olivetti Company, Shelton, CT
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In article <1751@tolerant.UUCP> jane@tolerant.UUCP (Jane Medefesser) writes:
>Is there a way I can "nice" rnews to a lower priority?
>
>The problem is this: when rnews runs during normal working hours
>it raises the load ave. on this system so high that getting any
>real work done become tedious.
>

There are two defines in "defs.h" in the inews sources that you
may want to change.  The first is "NICENESS" and if defined, rnews
will "nice" itself to the value specified.  The second define
is "SPOOLNEWS" and if defined, incoming news is spooled rather
than being processed.  Then at the times when you want news to be
processed, then run "rnews -U" (usually via crontab).

What I do here is spool news up during the day and then run rnews -U
periodically starting after work hours, through the night and up to
the next morning.

Hope this helps!
				Bill McGarry

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