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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # $$ represents the current PID | |
| # Set to lowest I/O priority | |
| ionice -c idle -p $$ | |
| # Set to lowest CPU priority | |
| renice -n -20 -p $$ >/dev/null | |
| # Run a task | |
| date=$(date '+%s') | |
| tar czf /mnt/backups/$date.tar.gz /var/www |
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