GETLOADAVG(3) Library Functions Manual GETLOADAVG(3) NAME getloadavg -- get system load averages LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <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 re- trieved and assigned to successive elements of loadavg[]. The system im- poses 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 The getloadavg() function appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno. FreeBSD 15.1 June 4, 1993 GETLOADAVG(3)
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