Manual Page Result
0
Command: getloadavg | Section: 3 | Source: MINIX | File: getloadavg.3
GETLOADAVG(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual GETLOADAVG(3)
NAME
getloadavg - get system load averages
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#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 VALUES
If the load average was unobtainable, -1 is returned; otherwise, the
number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
SEE ALSO
uptime(1), kvm_getloadavg(3), sysctl(3)
HISTORY
The getloadavg() function appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 April 12, 2011 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8