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Unix ps -l priority
Why does unix ps -l whows one number in column "PRI" but in same time ps -o pri shows another number?
P.S. cpu and nice are zero for those processes
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ALWAYS run commands with low priority on unix?
I am not asking how to nice and renice a command on UNIX.
What happens is that on a particular machine into which I frequently log I am only allowed to run long-running processes with low priority (...
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Why can't Unix users renice downwards?
I know that non-root users can renice a process up, but not renice a process priority down.
$ nice yes >/dev/null & p=$!
$ renice 15 -p $p
8414: old priority 10, new priority 15
$ renice 12 -...
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