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Re: Add "nice -10" to /etc/crontab run-parts commands?



On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 05:34:19PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> >>>>> "David" == David Welton <davidw@master.debian.org> writes:

>     > 5. Lots of people who run their boxes at home use anacron,
>     > and it would be nice to have the big jobs run without
>     > disturbing the user much.  Anacron runs all the unrun jobs
>     > shortly after booting up, just when you are loggin in and
>     > getting going... Anything to help this out would be good.

> The time that anacron jobs are run can be adjusted by editing
> /etc/anacrontab.

Yes, but it's still likely to be run while I am using the box, as
that's the only time that I turn it on...  This isn't a problem,
however I'd much prefer it if it minimized its impact on my system, if
that were at all feasible.

Ciao,
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