[NTLUG:Discuss] Top question

[Greg Edwards]

Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 06:49:50PM -0600, Greg Edwards wrote:
> 
>>I've been trying to find out exactly what the load averages displayed by 
>>top really mean.  
> 
> 
>>From the man page for "top" (RH9):
> 
>    The load averages are the average number of processes ready to run
>    during the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
> 

I just reread man (MDK 9.0) and found it.  I can't believe I missed this 
as many times as I've read the man page for top ;(  Thanks

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