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Documented the priority support

Kohsuke Kawaguchi 12 years ago
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 Some services need to run with a working directory specified. To do this, specify a `<workingdirectory>` element like this:
 
     <workingdirectory>C:\application</workingdirectory>
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+### 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.)
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+    <priority>idle</priority>
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+Specifying a priority higher than normal has unintended consequences. See <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processpriorityclass(v=vs.110).aspx">MSDN discussion</a> 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.