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     NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
	  xload	- system load average display for X

     SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  xload	[-toolkitoption	...] [-scale integer] [-update
	  seconds] [-hl	color] [-highlight color]
		[-jumpscroll pixels] [-label string] [-nolabel]	[-
	  lights]

     DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
	  The xload program displays a periodically updating histogram
	  of the system	load average.

     OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Xload	accepts	all of the standard X Toolkit command line
	  options (see X(1)).  The order of the	options	in
	  unimportant.	xload also accepts the following additional
	  options:

	  -hl color or -highlight color
		  This option specifies	the color of the scale lines.

	  -jumpscroll number of	pixels
		  The number of	pixels to shift	the graph to the left
		  when the graph reaches the right edge	of the window.
		  The default value is 1/2 the width of	the current
		  window.  Smooth scrolling can	be achieved by setting
		  it to	1.

	  -label string
		  The string to	put into the label above the load
		  average.

	  -nolabel
		  If this command line option is specified then	no
		  label	will be	displayed above	the load graph.

	  -lights When specified, this option causes xload to display
		  the current load average by using the	keyboard leds;
		  for a	load average of	n, xload lights	the first n
		  keyboard leds.  This option turns off	the usual
		  screen display.

	  -scale integer
		  This option specifies	the minimum number of tick
		  marks	in the histogram, where	one division
		  represents one load average point.  If the load goes
		  above	this number, xload will	create more divisions,
		  but it will never use	fewer than this	number.	 The
		  default is 1.

	  -update seconds



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		  This option specifies	the interval in	seconds	at
		  which	xload updates its display.  The	minimum	amount
		  of time allowed between updates is 1 second.	The
		  default is 10.

     RESOURCES    [Toc]    [Back]
	  In addition to the resources available to each of the
	  widgets used by xload	there is one resource defined by the
	  application itself.

	  showLabel (class Boolean)
		  If False then	no label will be displayed.

     WIDGETS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the
	  hierarchy of the widgets which compose xload.	 In the
	  notation below, indentation indicates	hierarchical
	  structure.  The widget class name is given first, followed
	  by the widget	instance name.

	  XLoad	 xload
	       Paned  paned
		    Label  label
		    StripChart	load


     ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]
	  DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

	  XENVIRONMENT
		  to get the name of a resource	file that overrides
		  the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
		  property.

     FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
	  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XLoad - specifies required
	  resources

     SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
	  X(1),	xrdb(1), mem(4), Athena	StripChart Widget.

     BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This program requires	the ability to open and	read the
	  special system file /dev/kmem.  Sites	that do	not allow
	  general access to this file should make xload	belong to the
	  same group as	/dev/kmem and turn on the set group id
	  permission flag.

	  Reading /dev/kmem is inherently non-portable.	 Therefore,
	  the routine used to read it (get_load.c) must	be ported to
	  each new operating system.




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     COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Copyright 1988, Massachusetts	Institute of Technology.
	  See X(1) for a full statement	of rights and permissions.

     AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  K. Shane Hartman (MIT-LCS) and Stuart	A. Malone (MIT-LCS);
	  with features	added by Jim Gettys (MIT-Athena), Bob
	  Scheifler (MIT-LCS), Tony Della Fera (MIT-Athena), and Chris
	  Peterson (MIT-LCS).














































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