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Short: UNIX-like process scheduler (V2.10)
Author: petrin@megabaud.fi (Petri Nordlund)
Uploader: petrin@megabaud.fi (Petri Nordlund)
Version: 2.10
Type: util/misc
Requires: AmigaOS 2.04
Replaces: util/misc/Executive.lha
Executive brings real multitasking to AmigaOS. Executive is a
UNIX-like process scheduler for Amiga. It also has plenty of other
features previously available only in larger operating systems.
Executive improves the responsiveness of your Amiga. One CPU
intensive application no longer causes the whole system to crawl.
You can start many CPU intensive applications and the system still
feels as if it would be totally idle.
The Executive package also includes many useful client programs
that let you control tasks and monitor what is going on in your
system.
The core of Executive is a scheduler that recalculates task
priorities based on system load average and task's recent CPU
usage. The scheduler will give high priority to interactive tasks
and low priority to CPU intensive tasks.
Lets say you are printing a document from a word processor. You
can't do much else while the document is being printed. This isn't
multitasking. With Executive you could also do some heavy rendering
and C-compiling in the background at the same time. You could surf
the web with your favorite browser without even noticing all these
programs running in the background.
Executive consists of a server and clients. The server is run
in the background and it takes care of scheduling, CPU usage
calculations and many other things. Some important features of
the server:
- precise (1/1000 seconds) CPU usage timing
- six different scheduling algorithms
- load averages
- process identifiers
- process group identifiers
- accounting
- focus - task with active window gets more CPU time
- MultiUser support
The client programs are:
Acct Accounting daemon
ALoad Display load average or CPU usage
ALoad3D Display load averages in 3D
Commander General task manager
Ctp Extended ChangeTaskPri
Dashboard The mother of all meters
Kill Extended Break
Lastcomm List last commands executed
Meter Display system information
Nice Run programs with lower scheduling priority
Ps Process status displayer
Pstree Display child-parent relationships
Renice Renice a task
Sa Display accounting statistics
Stat Display some misc. information
Timer Time shell and Workbench programs
Top Display information about top CPU tasks
Uptime Display system uptime and load averages
Executive is fully compatible with all Amiga computers running AmigaOS
release 2.04 or newer.
Executive is the highest rated item of shareware CU Amiga magazine
has ever awarded at 98%. Executive V2.00 got 97% from the same
magazine, and it was ranked as "the best shareware utility ever."
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Executive has a WWW-page which has links to several Aminet
sites and also some nice screenshots. The URL is:
http://www.megabaud.fi/~petrin/Executive.html
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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2102 1136 45.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:32 Executive_V2.10.info
3604 1713 52.4% 23-Feb-97 16:01:36 +.Product-Info
11804 8363 29.1% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +ExPatch
33528 21257 36.5% 14-Sep-92 09:23:44 +LhX
5795 2513 56.6% 14-Sep-92 09:23:36 +LhX.ReadMe
1238 466 62.3% 14-Sep-92 09:23:38 +LhX.ReadMe.info
18076 10660 41.0% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Tool
515874 515874 0.0% 30-Mar-97 22:26:56 +bin.lha
120293 120293 0.0% 30-Mar-97 22:27:52 +bin020.lha
96031 96031 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:33:22 +catalogs.lha
6066 6066 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:33:46 +DashboardPrefs.lha
74989 74989 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:34:12 +Developers.lha
103580 103580 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:34:42 +doc.lha
18777 18777 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:35:04 +Extra.lha
1561 1561 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:35:16 +hrvatski.lha
35170 35170 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:35:40 +icons_ml.lha
28848 28848 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:36:06 +icons_mnl.lha
47461 47461 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:36:38 +icons_ni.lha
18902 18902 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:37:02 +icons_nl.lha
16676 16676 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:37:26 +icons_nnl.lha
41058 41058 0.0% 28-Feb-97 14:37:46 +Register.lha
2041 1286 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Deutsch.info
2041 1285 37.0% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +English.info
2042 1289 36.8% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Français.info
2042 1287 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Hrvatski.info
73313 21409 70.7% 30-Mar-97 22:37:32 +Install
2044 1289 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Nederlands.info
2039 1285 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Norsk.info
2040 1286 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Polski.info
2043 1290 36.8% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Português.info
1329 720 45.8% 28-Feb-97 14:48:20 +ReadMe.Changes
1439 831 42.2% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +ReadMe.Changes.info
2976 1328 55.3% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +ReadMe.First!
1439 833 42.1% 23-Feb-97 16:01:36 +ReadMe.First!.info
2039 1284 37.0% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Suomi.info
2041 1286 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +Svenska.info
193 140 27.4% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +UnInstall
12287 4131 66.3% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +UnInstall.Executive
2041 1287 36.9% 23-Feb-97 16:01:34 +ÃeÓtina.info
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