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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: using get_system_info() - obtaining system load averages
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In the last episode (Jan 09), kamal kc said:
> dear everybody,
> 
> i want to use the routine get_system_info() to get the load averages
> of the cpu. i found it that top uses it.

get_system_info is just a function /in/ top itself that gets the CPU
usage.  It uses the vm.loadavg sysctl to get the load average.  A
simpler way is to just call the getloadavg() function; see its manpage
for more info.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com