Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 23:46:56 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: kamal kc <kamal_ckk@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using get_system_info() - obtaining system load averages Message-ID: <20060110054656.GE89638@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20060110031453.89250.qmail@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060110031453.89250.qmail@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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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. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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