Sys::CpuLoad(3)

NAME
Sys::CpuLoad - retrieve system load averages

VERSION
version 0.32

SYNOPSIS
 use Sys::CpuLoad 'load';
 print '1 min, 5 min, 15 min load average: ',
       join(',', load()), "\n";

DESCRIPTION
This module retrieves the 1 minute, 5 minute, and 15 minute load average of a machine.

EXPORTS

  load
This method returns the load average for 1 minute, 5 minutes and 15 minutes as an array.

On Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD systems, it will make a call to "getloadavg".

If /proc/loadavg is available on non-Cygwin systems, it will call "proc_loadavg".

Otherwise, it will attempt to parse the output of "uptime".

On error, it will return an array of "undef" values.

As of v0.29, you can override the default function by changing $Sys::CpuLoad::LOAD:

  use Sys::CpuLoad 'load';

  no warnings 'once';

  $Sys::CpuLoad::LOAD = 'uptimr';

  @load = load();

If you are writing code to work on multiple systems, you should use the "load" function. But if your code is intended for specific systems, then you should use the appropriate function.

  getloadavg
This is a wrapper around the system call to "getloadavg".

If this call is unavailable, or it is fails, it will return "undef".

Added in v0.22.

  proc_loadavg
If /proc/loadavg is available, it will be used.

If the data cannot be parsed, it will return "undef".

Added in v0.22.

  uptime
Parse the output of uptime.

If the uptime executable cannot be found, or the output cannot be parsed, it will return "undef".

Added in v0.22.

As of v0.24, you can override the executable path by setting $Sys::CpuLoad::UPTIME, e.g.

  use Sys::CpuLoad 'uptime';

  no warnings 'once';

  $Sys::CpuLoad::UPTIME = '/usr/bin/w';

  @load = uptime();

SEE ALSO
Sys::CpuLoadX

SOURCE
The development version is on github at <https://github.com/robrwo/Sys-CpuLoad> and may be cloned from <git://github.com/robrwo/Sys-CpuLoad.git>

BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://github.com/robrwo/Sys-CpuLoad/issues>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHORS

•   Robert Rothenberg <rrwo@cpan.org>

•   Clinton Wong <clintdw@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

•   Slaven Rezić <slaven@rezic.de>

•   Victor Wagner

•   Dmitry Dorofeev <dima@yasp.com>

•   Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@vinc17.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 1999-2002, 2020, 2025 by Clinton Wong <clintdw@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.