On Thursday 13 December 2001 08:37 am, Nikita Schmidt wrote: > I think this is dependent on the kernel version, rathen than distribution. > I've noticed that Linux 2.2.x lets you do nice 20 and the job then keeps
Oops, my mistake. The RedHat machine is running 2.2.14, not a 2.4.x kernel, so your observation is correct. > BTW, FreeBSD's nice 20 does stop the job completely. As does DEC Unix (or Tru64 or whatever the latest name is). > Looks like a kernel bug to me. It's good to know top is right about something. Marty Sanborn -- | Martin Sanborn - Dept. of Chemical Engineering - Northwestern University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (847)467-1653 - http://zeolites.cqe.nwu.edu/marty |

