158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" are met: 758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 1058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 1158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12*fbbd9655SWarner Losh.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 1358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 1458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" without specific prior written permission. 1558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 1658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 1758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 1858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 1958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 2058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 2158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 2258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 2358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 2458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 2558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 2658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 2758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 2858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993 2958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt GETLOADAVG 3 3058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os 3158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 3258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm getloadavg 3358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd get system load averages 3425bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY 3525bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc 3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 3732eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In stdlib.h 383ce29386SBruce Evans.Ft int 3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem" 4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 4158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe 4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getloadavg 4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction returns the number of processes in the system run queue 4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesaveraged over various periods of time. 4558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesUp to 4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa nelem 4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimessamples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of 4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa loadavg Ns Bq . 4958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages 5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesover the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively. 5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 5258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf the load average was unobtainable, \-1 is returned; otherwise, 5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesthe number of samples actually retrieved is returned. 5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr uptime 1 , 5678b0b234SMike Pritchard.Xr kvm_getloadavg 3 , 5778b0b234SMike Pritchard.Xr sysctl 3 5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 5958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe 6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getloadavg 6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction appeared in 6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 Reno . 63