On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 23:59 +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: [snip] > Description : limits the cpu usage of a process > > cpulimit is a simple program that attempts to limit the cpu usage of a > process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to > control batch jobs, when you don't want then to eat too much cpu. It does not > act on the nice value or other priority stuff, but on the real cpu usage. > Besides it is able to adapt itself to the overall system load, dynamically > and quickly. > . > Homepage: http://marlon80.interfree.it/cpulimit/
I thought nice was supposed to handle these kinds of things, and that a busy CPU is a *good* thing. What Linux needs are batch queues. (Anyone who has used OpenVMS or MVS-z/OS knows what I'm talking about.) Obviously, though, that's a way OT discussion. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA Peace Thru Superior Firepower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
