[LRUG] cpu load with autotest

[Robert McKinnon]

You can reduce the frequency at which autotest checks for changes on
your file system by editing the @sleep attribute on the Autotest class.
For ZenTest 3.6.1 I was able to open up autotest.rb in an editor:

  sudo vi +145
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ZenTest-3.6.1/lib/autotest.rb

and increase the sleep time between checks from 1 second to 5 seconds,
by changing the @sleep value:

  @sleep = 5

Now autotest is much better behaved, and carbon friendlier too!

-Rob

--- Ed Davey <ed at veryreal.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I've finally started using autotest which I find to be a great way of
>  
> working.
> 
> I notice that it consumes between 15 and 30% of my CPU at any given  
> time which is slowing my machine down significantly as I usually have
>  
> other demanding apps such as Photoshop and VMWare Fusion running
> also.
> 
> Is this normal / workable for others?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ED
> 
> 
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