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* Updating common/lib * Updating lib/csu * Updating lib/libc * Updating libexec/ld.elf_so * Corrected test on __minix in featuretest to actually follow the meaning of the comment. * Cleaned up _REENTRANT-related defintions. * Disabled -D_REENTRANT for libfetch * Removing some unneeded __NBSD_LIBC defines and tests Change-Id: Ic1394baef74d11b9f86b312f5ff4bbc3cbf72ce2
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.\" $NetBSD: getloadavg.3,v 1.15 2011/04/12 04:55:05 jruoho Exp $
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.\" @(#)getloadavg.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd April 12, 2011
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.Dt GETLOADAVG 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getloadavg
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.Nd get system load averages
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getloadavg
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function returns the number of processes in the system run queue
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averaged over various periods of time.
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Up to
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.Fa nelem
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samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of
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.Fa loadavg Ns Bq .
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The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages
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over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If the load average was unobtainable, \-1 is returned; otherwise,
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the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr uptime 1 ,
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.Xr kvm_getloadavg 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getloadavg
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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