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From: amoffat@mqccsunb.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Andrew Moffat)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Background processes - changing priority
Keywords: processes, priority
Message-ID: <376@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Date: 8 Aug 90 08:25:26 GMT
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Organization: Macquarie University, Sydney
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Our problem is this:

	We wish to check background processes running on any tty which have
been running for X period of time and lower their priority.
	Any suggestions on the best way to do this?

Andrew Moffat.			amoffat@mqccsuna.mqcc.mq.oz.au
Martin Foord.			martin@macadam.mqcs.mq.oz.au
Macquarie University Computing.