On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 07:41:48AM -0900, Roger wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 08:39:49AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> ionice -c 2 -n 0 -p `pidof bash` > >If you want the PID of the current shell process, use $$ instead. > > Here's the error I get when logging into a virtual terminal and > $HOME/.bash_profile executes or is read in: > > ionice: ioprio_set failed: No such process
Perhaps pidof fails to find the -bash process due to the leading dash? Who knows? Who cares? Use $$ to get the PID of the shell.