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GETLOADAVG(3)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		 GETLOADAVG(3)

NAME
       getloadavg - get system load averages

SYNOPSIS
       #define _BSD_SOURCE
       #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  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.

VERSIONS
       This function is available in glibc since version 2.2.

CONFORMING TO
       Not in POSIX.1-2001.  Present on the BSDs and Solaris.

SEE ALSO
       uptime(1), proc(5), feature_test_macros(7)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux				  2007-12-08			 GETLOADAVG(3)
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