From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T00:02:46+09:00
Subject: Re: linux: getting the "load" values without using "top"

pat eyler wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:49 AM, James Dinkel <jdinkel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like to get some of the information provided by the "top"
>>  command into my ruby program, in particular the "load" values.  The only
>>  way I can think of is to use popen3 to run "top -n 1" and parse the
>>  output, but I would like to not have to call an external command and do
>>  it using pure ruby.
> 
> look at the contents of /proc/loadavg
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Yeah ... that will work. But I'm curious why the OP's application cares 
about the load averages. My experience has been that there isn't a lot 
to be gained from it. "Real" load balancing is a bit more complicated, 
if that's what he's trying to do.