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From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know!
Date: 25 Jul 1994 14:44:34 -0500
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In article <30scvf$12q@newstand.syr.edu>,
Shawn M Carey <smcarey@rodan.syr.edu> wrote:
>Yes, this will show you which processes have used the most CPU over
>thier lifespans, but it doesn't show you which ones are burning the
>hottest at the moment you run ps.

Huh? I don't understand... *any* calculation of CPU usage has to be some
sort of average over time. You can't talk about who's using the most
CPU at the moment you run PS, 'cos that's always PS!

Now you can say a running average is more useful than a lifetime average,
but neither is the snapshot you seem to be looking for.

(yeh, use TOP or mon)