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+.\"     @(#)getloadavg.3	6.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1991
+.Dt GETLOADAVG 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getloadavg
+.Nd get system load averages
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fn getloadavg "double loadavg[]" "int nelem"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getloadavg
+function
+returns the number of processes in the system run queue
+averaged over various periods of time.  Up to
+.Fa nelem
+samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of
+.Fa loadavg Ns Bq .
+The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages
+over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+If the load average was unobtainable, \-1 is returned; otherwise,
+the number of samples actually retrieved is returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr uptime 1 ,
+.Xr nlist 3 ,
+.Xr kmem 4
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getloadavg
+function is
+.Ud .
+.Sh BUGS
+Programs using this utility must have read permission on
+.Pa /dev/kmem .
+This restriction will eventually be lifted.