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On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Paul Stear <gentoo@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> The number of files I need to work on is huge so using ";" instead of "&&" |
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> will enable me to spread the load overnight for a few weeks. |
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> Thanks for all who responded. Don't you just love gentoo Linux. |
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> Paul |
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Note: ; is sequential, not optimized for multiple cores (I wonder if && is) |
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You don't have to do overnight: |
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- my quadcore can run ogg2mp3 well with 4 child processes and I don't |
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notice any difference on performance while using amarok, firefox, |
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openoffice and kopete. |
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- if you have a single-core you can use the 'nice' command to lower |
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the priority of the batch |
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Well, yes, it's not only gentoo, it's the power of GNU :-) |
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Martin |
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