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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Queuing Question Date: 25 Jun 1996 21:54:25 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4qq8p1$9c@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4qn5nu$svs@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nadine Leenders (nadine@seymour.ucs.ualberta.ca) wrote: : I've set up a couple of queues under SunOS Release 4.1. One the of : queues processes large jobs that take about 1.5 to 3 hours to complete : and the other small jobs that take about 2 minutes to complete. : Unfortuneately, it seems that the queueing system is set up to be : first-in, first-out even between different queues so the people who : just need a small job done are waiting hours. I'd be _very_ surprised if this was really the case. Have you proved the software on another OS ? If so, which specific OS are you having the problem with ? If not, I would assume that there is a problem with your code. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....