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.\"     @(#)getloadavg.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" Traducido por Miguel Pérez Ibars <mpi79470@alu.um.es> el 25-julio-2004
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.Dd 4 junio 1993
.Dt GETLOADAVG 3
.Os BSD 4.3
.Sh NOMBRE
.Nm getloadavg
.Nd obtiene los promedios de carga del sistema
.Sh SINOPSIS
.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
.Ft int
.Fn getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem"
.Sh DESCRIPCIÓN
La función
.Fn getloadavg
devuelve el número de procesos promedio en la cola de ejecución
del sistema para varios períodos de tiempo.
Se obtienen hasta un máximo de
.Fa nelem
muestras y se asignan a elementos sucesivos de
.Fa loadavg Ns Bq .
El sistema impone un máximo de 3 muestras, representando los promedios
en los últimos 1, 5, y 15 minutos, respectivamente.
.Sh OBSERVACIONES
Si el promedio de carga no puede obtenerse, se devuelve \-1; en otro caso,
se devuelve el número de muestras que se obtuvieron realmente.
.Sh VÉASE TAMBIÉN
.Xr uptime 1 ,
.Xr proc 5
.Sh HISTORIA
La función
.Fn getloadavg
apareción en
.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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