From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T00:29:57+09:00
Subject: Re: linux: getting the "load" values without using "top"

2008/4/1, James Dinkel <jdinkel@gmail.com>:
> Oh, thanks, I did not realize it was kept in a file.

It's not exactly a file.  But it is mounted in a special file system
and can be read like a file or device.

>  I'm wanting this because this script currently blows up the server if
>  run when the load is too high.  I'll just have the script sleep for 5
>  minutes until the load is under a certain threshold.

That's what process priorities are for.  You can find out via "man
nice".  Maybe there's even a Ruby library method that allows to lower
the priority of the current process.

Kind regards

robert

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