Automatically adjusting process priorities under Linux

Question

I\'m trying to write a program that automatically sets process priorities based on a configuration file (basically path - priority pairs).

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Answer 1

Sure, just iterate through /proc/nnn/exe to get the pathname of the running image. Only use the ones with slashes, the others are kernel procs.

Check to see if you have already processed that one, otherwise look up the new priority in your configuration file and use renice(8) to tweak its priority.