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GETLOADAVG (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
NAME
getloadavg - get system load averages
CONTENTS
Library
Synopsis
Description
Diagnostics
See Also
History
LIBRARY
.Lb libc
SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h int getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem"
DESCRIPTION
The getloadavg function returns the number of processes in the system run queue averaged over various periods of time. Up to nelem samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of loadavg[]. The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.
DIAGNOSTICS
If the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned; otherwise, the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
SEE ALSO
uptime(1), kvm_getloadavg(3), sysctl(3)
HISTORY
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