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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 ports 15.1		  June 4, 1993			   GETLOADAVG(3)

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