1.\" $NetBSD: getloadavg.3,v 1.14 2003/08/07 16:42:50 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)getloadavg.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 4, 1993 33.Dt GETLOADAVG 3 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm getloadavg 37.Nd get system load averages 38.Sh LIBRARY 39.Lb libc 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.In stdlib.h 42.Ft int 43.Fn getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem" 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Fn getloadavg 47function returns the number of processes in the system run queue 48averaged over various periods of time. 49Up to 50.Fa nelem 51samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of 52.Fa loadavg Ns Bq . 53The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages 54over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively. 55.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 56If the load average was unobtainable, \-1 is returned; otherwise, 57the number of samples actually retrieved is returned. 58.Sh SEE ALSO 59.Xr uptime 1 , 60.Xr kvm_getloadavg 3 , 61.Xr sysctl 3 62.Sh HISTORY 63The 64.Fn getloadavg 65function appeared in 66.Bx 4.3 Reno . 67