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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Task
Task v1.06 Task v1.05
NAME
Task - An EXPERT USER Tool for changing any tasks priority or
signalling a task. This tool requires Kickstart 2.04 or
greater.
SYNOPSIS
Task [task address|task name] [PRI priority] [SIG signal(s)]
FUNCTION
C:ChangeTaskPri cannot change task priorities of non-DOS-processes
and C:Break cannot signal a non-DOS-process - 'Task' can! Start
'Task' without parameters to get a list of all waiting tasks on
your Amiga. If you run 'Task' without giving any task address or
name, 'Task' changes its own Shell-Process-priority (works like
C:ChangeTaskPri <priority>) or signals itself.
You cannot specify address AND name because I think that this
would be 100% useless.
INPUTS
ADDRESS - tasks address. This value must be given as an hexadecimal
address, e.g. $0034B700.
NAME - task name. This is your tasks name if you don't know its
address (e.g. in script files). This argument is CASE
SENSITIVE! If you want to changepri/signal a DOS-process
just specify e.g. "palette" (the process name) instead of
"Background CLI [palette]"!
PRI/N - new priority for task. This is a value between -128
and 127. Usual values are between -10 and 10!
SIG - dos signals. That could be C, D, E or F or any combination
of them. Remember:
C means 'breaking' a task, F signals 'bring window to front
and activate it'.
RESULTS
If the given ADDRESS is a valid waiting tasks address or NAME is
the name of a waiting task, 'Task' sets the task priority to the
new value and/or signals the task. If anything is wrong or no
argument is given, 'Task' shows a list of all waiting tasks in
the system. Tasks without name that are not waiting for any signals
are not shown because they should not be modified by ANY user.
EXAMPLES
Task $0034b700 pri 0
Task printer.device pri -10
Task pri 30
Task palette sig c
Task font pri=4 sig=ef
NOTES
This tool is for EXPERT USERS ONLY. I'm not responsible for any
damage caused by 'Task'. This program may freely be distributed
without any profit as long as all copyright notices are left intact
and all 'Task'-files are distributed together:
Task 2240 bytes
Task.doc 2695 bytes
Any comments/donations/bug reports/questions... to:
Tobias Ruland
St.Johann 6/VIII/124
D-91056 Erlangen
Germany
INTERNET: tsruland@immd8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
'Task' was coded in assembler for minimum size and minimum bugs :-)
Source code is available from author.
SEE ALSO
your AmigaDOS manual, "ChangeTaskPri" and "Break"
BUGS
None known.