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Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:41:05 +0100 (BST)
From:	John Morrison <john DOT r DOT morrison AT ntlworld DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: a way to read the current cpu load from the shell or via a
	cmdline utility in cygwin?
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Does cat /proc/stat | grep cpu give you the information you want?

J.

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Dylan Cuthbert wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've searched through the archives but can't seem to find any mention of
> this, is there a way to display the cpu load via a shell utility?
>
> If not, can someone point me to the posix function call (if it exists) so I
> can write a little utility.  I want to do some load balanced compiles across
> several machines by spawning the compile across the network via "make -j",
> and a wrapper for gcc, then use rsh (ssh or rexec) and network sharing to do
> the compile.  The thing is I only want to use machines whose loads are low.
>
> Of course, if a tool for this kind of thing already exists, then please give
> me a pointer.
>
> Regards
>
> ---------------------------------
> Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert.
> http://www.q-games.com


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