On Jan 23, 2008 8:41 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 12:20:48AM -0500, Manu Hack wrote: > > Is there any command like nice so that I can run a command with a cpu > > limit of at most x%? cpulimit is close to my need but it can't be > > invoked like nice, i.e., put it before the command I want to run like > > > > cpulimit -l 50 some_commands > > Short answer: no. You mean the app uses e.g. max 50% and if nothing > else is running the CPU is then 50% idle? There was a long thread on > OpenBSD (where people discuss kernel internals) that concluded that UNIX > has never had a scheduler that could do this. > > What problem are you trying to solve where you think that this is the > answer?
The problem is that I'm using a laptop but somehow (I don't know exactly why) recently when I run some cpu-intensive and time consuming programs it caused the cpu too hot and an automatic shutdown is resulted. I want to keep the CPU usage low for those programs to avoid the forced shutdown. In the mean while I'm also looking for an external CPU cooler. :) Manu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
