How to set default nice level for an application

[Matthias Andersson]

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On 11/24/2010 08:09 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Matthias Andersson wrote:
>> I want to make thunderbird always start with a nice level of 20
>> instead of the default 0. What is the easiest way of achieving this?
> 
> The nice level range doesn't include 20 (see "man nice"). Do you mean 
> -20 (highest priority) or 19 (lowest priority)? If you mean -20, I have 
> no idea because only root can raise the priority and I would never 
> suggest to run thunderbird as root. But if you mean 19, I would suggest 
> you create a starter for thunderbird on your desktop which starts the 
> command
> 
> /usr/bin/nice -19 /usr/bin/thunderbird
> 
> and maybe you should also consider using ionice (see "man ionice") which 
> would make the command:
> 
> /usr/bin/nice -19 /usr/bin/ionice -c3 /usr/bin/thunderbird
> 
> 
> Nils
> 

Sorry, I meant level 19. I have run the command renice -n 19 -p <pid>
to set thunderbird to run at a higher nice level. However, is there some
way of doing this automagically?

//Matthias
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