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getloadavg(3) Library Functions Manual getloadavg(3)
getloadavg - get system load averages
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <stdlib.h> int getloadavg(double loadavg[], int n); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): getloadavg(): Since glibc 2.19: _DEFAULT_SOURCE In glibc up to and including 2.19: _BSD_SOURCE
The getloadavg() function returns the number of processes in the system run queue averaged over various periods of time. Up to n 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.
If the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned; otherwise, the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │ getloadavg() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
BSD.
4.3BSD-Reno, Solaris. glibc 2.2.
uptime(1), proc(5)
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