- get system load averages and warn the user if necessary
SYNOPSIS
int warning_system_load
(threshold)
ARGUMENTS
float
threshold
If the load is higher than threshold,
a warning will be given.
RETURNS
TRUE if an error occured, FALSE if not.
FUNCTION
The routine checks the load average over the last minute by opening a pipe
to the uptime shell command. If the load is larger than threshold, a
warning is printed to stderr advising the user to kill his batch job
and find another machine.
NOTE
This function is called by sprinit.
These functions are not available under Turbo-C / MS-DOS.
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