Re: [tlug] Giving a program priority briefly

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>>  cat commands.txt | nice -n -20 ./myprog
> 
> Try "cat commands.txt | time ./myprog" and examine the "user" and
> "system" time figures, ignoring the "real" (wall clock) time. Ideally,
> run this two or three times, and make sure you're using at least a
> second of CPU time each time.

Thanks for the idea; I'll give it a try (perhaps in conjunction with the
nice -n -20).

Darren