Re: running program in background

[David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>]

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Julian Opificius wrote:

>Could somebody please remind me how to run a program (in this case, SETI) 
>from the command line such that it will stay running when I close the window?

Tacking & at the end of the command line may do it.

>Also, is there a way I can dynamically alter the amount of processor time a 
>given program will take?

man nice.

Cheers -d


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David Talkington

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