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.\" @(#)getloadavg.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" 2007-12-08, mtk, Converted from mdoc to man macros
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.\"
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.TH GETLOADAVG 3 2007-12-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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getloadavg \- get system load averages
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #define _BSD_SOURCE
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.BI "int getloadavg(double " loadavg[] ", int " nelem );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR getloadavg ()
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function returns the number of processes in the system run queue
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averaged over various periods of time.
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Up to
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.I nelem
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samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of
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.IR loadavg [].
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The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages
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over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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If the load average was unobtainable, \-1 is returned; otherwise,
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the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
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.\" .SH HISTORY
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.\" The
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.\" BR getloadavg ()
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.\" function appeared in
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.\" 4.3BSD Reno .
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.SH VERSIONS
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This function is available in glibc since version 2.2.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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Not in POSIX.1-2001.
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Present on the BSDs and Solaris.
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.\" mdoc seems to have a bug - there must be no newline here
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR uptime (1),
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.BR proc (5),
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)
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