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getloadavg
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-21 Index
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NAME
getloadavg - get system load averages
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#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
DESCRIPTION
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.
RETURN VALUE
If the load average was unobtainable,
-1 is returned;
otherwise,
the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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getloadavg()
| Thread safety | M-Safe
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STANDARDS
BSD.
HISTORY
4.3BS-Reno, Solaris.
glibc 2.2.
SEE ALSO
uptime(1),
proc(5)
Index
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- HISTORY
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