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AmigaOS 4.0 - About OS4 - Commands

CHANGETASKPRI AmigaDOS
Purpose: To change the priority of a currently running program.
Format: CHANGETASKPRI <priority> PROCESS <process number>] NAME <name>]
Template: PRI=PRIORITY/A/N, PROCESS/K/N, NAME/K
Path: C:CHANGETASKPRI
Since AmigaOS 4.0 is a multitasking operating system, it uses priority numbers to determine the order in which current tasks should be serviced. Normally, most tasks have a priority of 0, and the time and instruction cycles of the CPU are divided equally among them. Any tasks started from a Shell process inherit the priority of that process.

CHANGETASKPRI changes the priority of the <process> or <name> specified. If no <process> or <name> is specified, the current Shell process is assumed. Use the STATUS command to display the current process numbers and names.

The range of acceptable values for <priority> is the integers -128 to 127, with higher values yielding a higher priority (a greater proportion of CPU time is allocated). However, do not enter values above +10, or you may disrupt important system tasks. Too low a priority (less than 0) can result in a process taking unreasonably long to execute.

Example 1:

3.OS4:> STATUS
Process  3: Loaded as command: status
Process  5: Loaded as command: execute
Process  6: Loaded as command: wait
Process  7: Loaded as command: find
3.OS4:> CHANGETASKPRI 4 PROCESS 5 The priority of Process 5 (execute) is changed to 4. Any tasks started from this Shell will also have a priority of 4. They will have priority over any other user tasks created without using CHANGETASKPRI (those tasks will have a priority of 0).

Example 2:

3.OS4:> CHANGETASKPRI 8 NAME=FIND The priority of 'find' (Process 7) is changed to 8. Any tasks started from this Shell will also have a priority of 8. They will have priority over any other user tasks created without using CHANGETASKPRI (those tasks will have a priority of 0).

See Also: STATUS

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