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[Tom]

On 09/11/14 13:18, Alan Milewczyk wrote:
> On 09/11/2014 11:18, C E Macfarlane wrote:
>> True, you can do that, but ...
>>
>> 1)    It is mainly the calling of external programs that causes
>> stuttering to
>> other processes
>>
>> 2)    I often forget to start get_iplayer with nice, and it's nice to
>> have the
>> fallback position of the worst offenders being controlled anyway.
>>
>>>      If you want that, why wouldn't you just start get_iplayer
>>>      with nice anyway?
>>>
>>>      i.e. nice -19 get_iplayer ....
> You and a few others have mentioned "nice" in the last few days. I've
> never heard of it before. What is it and what are its benefits?
>
> Alan
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Sorry about last blank response! nice is a unix/linux command that sets 
the priority of a process so that other processes can get more of less 
of the computer resources. So for a long long download you can set nice 
so get just burbles around in the background and you can use your 
computer as if it was not running at all - assuming its not consuming 
too much network bandwidth!!
Tom