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From: harry@cyberenet.net (Harry Hochheiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: System call for querying system load?
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 21:27:34 GMT
Organization: H Systems
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Keyword: BSD, Linux, PS, Uptime
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I'm looking for a system call/subroutine that will let me query the system
load. This call would return information similar to that found in uptime(1),
and should be roughly portable across BSD-like Unixes (i.e, Linux's sysinfo()
won't work, even though that's my primary environment.
While I'm at it, can anyone clue me in to a source describing proper
interpretation of the load averages returned by uptime?
Sorry if these are FAQ's. Please reply via email, and I'll summarize if
necessary.
Thanks,
Harry Hochheiser
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Harry Hochheiser harry@tigger.jvnc.net
harry@cyberenet.net
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