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Load average can throw error.
author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:43:20 +0000 |
parents | 695cf19ef79e |
children | 1cc25f9733cf |
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794 By default, the values are integers that are 100 times the system load | 794 By default, the values are integers that are 100 times the system load |
795 averages, which indicate the average number of processes trying to run. | 795 averages, which indicate the average number of processes trying to run. |
796 If @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are returned | 796 If @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are returned |
797 as floating point numbers and without multiplying by 100. | 797 as floating point numbers and without multiplying by 100. |
798 | |
799 An error is thrown if the load average can't be obtained. In some | |
800 cases making it work would require Emacs being installed setuid or | |
801 setgid so that it can read kernel information, and that usually isn't | |
802 advisable. | |
798 | 803 |
799 @example | 804 @example |
800 @group | 805 @group |
801 (load-average) | 806 (load-average) |
802 @result{} (169 48 36) | 807 @result{} (169 48 36) |