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From: dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: How to set priority of a running task
Message-ID: <1584@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 87 19:06:42 GMT
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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Keywords: task, priority (What are these keywords for anyway?)


Does anyone know how to reset a task's priority while it is running?
I know that I can set a task's priority when I execute it using
nice, but I want to set it while it is running.  I've heard of
renice, but we don't have it.  Any other way??

Thanx,

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