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Old 08-04-2008
how to Decrease priority of a particular process in time of process creation

how to decrease priority of a particular process in time of process creation...

and also how to decrease priority of a particular process after process creation..

can any one please help me out...
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Old 08-04-2008
Read about the nice command, for your own process. If you are root you can renice another process, owned by someone else. Be careful what you change.
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Old 08-04-2008
you can "renice" a running process provided you are root
 
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