Batch & load

[tlanglois]

Hello,

The batch command allows a program to run later when the load of the machine is below a given level. On fedora the threshold is 0.8 (see man batch) on Ubuntu it is 1.x (i do not have my ubuntu compter with me i don't what x is)

The problem is that I want to run some programs (that run for a long time and use a lot of cpu and memory ressources) one at a time. If the threshold is set to 0.8 like on fedora, it is fine. If it is > 1 then two programs run at the same time. So the question is :
How can I change this threshold value ?

I hope it will not be necessary to recompile anything :-/

Thibault Langlois

[six6]

Edit the /usr/sbin/atrun (a shell script); change the line
exec ${exec_prefix}/sbin/atd -s "$@" to ${exec_prefix}/sbin/atd -s "$@" -l <new load value>that should fix it.

[tlanglois]

Edit the /usr/sbin/atrun (a shell script); change the line
exec ${exec_prefix}/sbin/atd -s "$@" to ${exec_prefix}/sbin/atd -s "$@" -l <new load value>that should fix it.
Thank you, I will try.

Thibault

[six6]

Whoops, forgot that the last line should read
exec ${exec_prefix}/sbin/atd -s "$@" -l <new load value>

[tlanglois]

Well, it did not work. It seems that /usr/sbin/atrun is not used.

I aparently solved the problem editing /etc/init.d/atd and changing:

ARGS=""

to

ARGS="-l 0.8"

Thank you for your help, you gave me the idea.

Thibault