From c6b4eef548a4cbb457fff9b46b09eda4bef00071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kohsuke Kawaguchi Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:38:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documented the priority support --- README.markdown | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 19a6610..a6d7fbc 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -261,3 +261,11 @@ It is possible to specify the useraccount (and password) that the service will r Some services need to run with a working directory specified. To do this, specify a `` element like this: C:\application + +### priority +Optionally specify the scheduling priority of the service process (equivalent of Unix nice) +Possible values are `idle`, `belownormal`, `normal`, `abovenormal`, `high`, `realtime` (case insensitive.) + + idle + +Specifying a priority higher than normal has unintended consequences. See MSDN discussion for details. This feature is intended primarily to launch a process in a lower priority so as not to interfere with the computer's interactive usage.