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by **Andre Hertwi** » Wed, 18 Jul 2001 03:55:37

I want to determine the system load of my Linux
box. Is there a system function that provides
this information? What is the name of this
function? Is this function a POSIX standard so
that I can use it on Solaris or HPUX as well?

Many thanks in advance
Andre

by **Damiano Fasol** » Wed, 18 Jul 2001 04:53:47

> I want to determine the system load of my Linux
> box. Is there a system function that provides
> this information? What is the name of this
> function? Is this function a POSIX standard so
> that I can use it on Solaris or HPUX as well?

> Many thanks in advance
> Andre

You can use
top
(q to exit) usually available on Solaris and HPUX as well.

by f » Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:51:48

> I want to determine the system load of my Linux
> box. Is there a system function that provides
> this information? What is the name of this
> function? Is this function a POSIX standard so
> that I can use it on Solaris or HPUX as well?

> Many thanks in advance
> Andre

I think you need 'uptime' program - it indicates 'load average', seems
you need that. Or you can simply 'cat /proc/loadavg' it really
helps...

by **Eric Gusukum** » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 01:09:32

there are 2 standard unix commands i know of, 1 is uptime and the other is w. uptime displays the
same info that's on the top line of w.

hope this helps.

regards,

eric

> > I want to determine the system load of my Linux
> > box. Is there a system function that provides
> > this information? What is the name of this
> > function? Is this function a POSIX standard so
> > that I can use it on Solaris or HPUX as well?

> > Many thanks in advance
> > Andre

> I think you need 'uptime' program - it indicates 'load average', seems
> you need that. Or you can simply 'cat /proc/loadavg' it really
> helps...

by **Herb Stei** » Thu, 19 Jul 2001 01:45:56

top also displays useful info.

Quote:> there are 2 standard unix commands i know of, 1 is uptime and the other is

w. uptime displays the

> same info that's on the top line of w.

> hope this helps.

> regards,

> eric

Quote:> > > I want to determine the system load of my Linux
> > > box. Is there a system function that provides
> > > this information? What is the name of this
> > > function? Is this function a POSIX standard so
> > > that I can use it on Solaris or HPUX as well?

> > > Many thanks in advance
> > > Andre

> > I think you need 'uptime' program - it indicates 'load average', seems
> > you need that. Or you can simply 'cat /proc/loadavg' it really
> > helps...

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by **Nickola MAPBuH Trupche** » Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:00:43

ps aux | sort -n +2 ( 3rd column is cpu% )
ps aux | sort -n +3 ( 4th column is mem% )

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What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?

What function returns the system load?