On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 12:20:48AM -0500, Manu Hack wrote: > Is there any command like nice so that I can run a command with a cpu > limit of at most x%? cpulimit is close to my need but it can't be > invoked like nice, i.e., put it before the command I want to run like > > cpulimit -l 50 some_commands
Short answer: no. You mean the app uses e.g. max 50% and if nothing else is running the CPU is then 50% idle? There was a long thread on OpenBSD (where people discuss kernel internals) that concluded that UNIX has never had a scheduler that could do this. What problem are you trying to solve where you think that this is the answer? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
