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.name
Executive
.type
OS Utility
.short
A UNIX-like task scheduler/manager.
.description
Executive is a UNIX-like task scheduler for Amiga. It also has
plenty of other features previously available only in larger
operating systems.

Executive improves the responsiveness of your Amiga. No longer
running a CPU intensive program causes the whole machine to slow
down. You can start many CPU intensive programs and the machine
still feels as fast as before.

Executive also includes many useful client programs which let you
control tasks and monitor what's 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.

Executive is similar to Job Manager or Spy System, but it has more
features than these two together, for example:

- highly accurate (1/1000 seconds) CPU usage timing
- 6 different scheduling algorithms
- load averages
- process identifiers
- process group identifiers
- accounting
- focus - task with active window gets more CPU time
- support for MultiUser

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. 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
  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 CLI and Workbench programs
  Top             Display information about top CPU tasks
  Uptime          Display system uptime and load averages

Executive doesn't use any illegal programming, it is fully compatible
with all Amiga computers running AmigaDos release 2.04 or newer.

Executive has been carefully designed to work with all kinds of
configurations and care has been taken not to break any programming
rules.

It's not possible to give a full description of all Executive
features here, so try it out. You don't want to use your Amiga
without it.

Executive is the highest rated item of Shareware CU Amiga magazine
has ever awarded at 98%.
.version
1.30
.date
1995.11.22
.author
Petri Nordlund
.restrictions
The freely redistributable version doesn't lack any crucial features
so it can be used without registering. Registered users get
process accounting, ALoad3D and Meter clients and 5 additional scheduling
algorithms.
.requirements
Requires AmigaDos 2.04 or newer, ~1MB disk
.distribution
Shareware
.price
$15(USD), 10 GBP, 70 FIM, 20 DEM, 100 NOK, 120 SEK, 500 BEF, 70 FRF, 25 NLG, 100 DKK
.address
Vanhamaantie 4
28800  PORI
FINLAND
.email
petrin@megabaud.fi
.exectype
68000, 68020
.installsize
1MB
.described-by
Petri Nordlund <petrin@megabaud.fi>
