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.TH XLOAD 1 "xload 1.1.4" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
xload \- system load average display for X
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBxload\fP	[-\fItoolkitoption\fP ...] [-scale \fIinteger\fP] [-update \fIseconds\fP]
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        [-hl \fIcolor\fP] [-highlight \fIcolor\fP]  [-remote \fIhost\fP]
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        [-jumpscroll \fIpixels\fP] [-label \fIstring\fP] [-nolabel] [-lights]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I xload
program displays a periodically updating histogram of the system load average.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
.I Xload
accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see
.BR X (7)).
The order of the options is unimportant.  xload also accepts the
following additional options:
.PP
.TP 8
\fB\-hl\fP \fIcolor\fP or \fB\-highlight\fP \fIcolor\fP
This option specifies the color of the scale lines.
.TP 8
.B \-jumpscroll \fIpixels\fP
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.
.TP 8
.B \-label \fIstring\fP
The string to put into the label above the load average.
.TP 8
.B \-nolabel
If this command line option is specified then no label will be
displayed above the load graph.
.TP 8
.B \-lights
When specified, this option causes
.I xload
to display the current load average by using the keyboard leds; for
a load average of \fIn\fP, xload lights the first \fIn\fP keyboard leds.
This option turns off the usual screen display.
.TP 8
.B \-scale \fIinteger\fP
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, \fIxload\fP will create more divisions, but it will never
use fewer than this number.  The default is 1.
.PP
.TP 8
.B \-update \fIseconds\fP
This option specifies the interval in seconds at which \fIxload\fP
updates its display.  The minimum amount of time allowed between updates
is 1 second.  The default is 10.
.TP 8
.B \-remote \fIhost\fP
This option tells \fIxload\fP to display the load of \fIhost\fP instead of \fIlocalhost\fP. \fIXload\fP gets the information from the \fIrwhod\fP database and consequently requires \fIrwhod\fP to be executing both on \fIlocalhost\fP and \fIhost\fP.
.SH RESOURCES
In addition to the resources available to each of the widgets used by
\fIxload\fP there is one resource defined by the application itself.
.TP 8
.B showLabel (\fPclass \fIBoolean\fB)
If False then no label will be displayed.
.SH WIDGETS
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of
the widgets which compose \fIxload\fR.  In the notation below,
indentation indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name
is given first, followed by the widget instance name.
.sp
.nf
XLoad  xload
        Paned  paned
                Label  label
                StripChart  load
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.sp
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
.TP 8
.B DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
.TP 8
.B XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XLoad
specifies required resources
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR X (7),
.BR xrdb (1),
.BR mem (4),
Athena StripChart Widget.
.SH BUGS
On older platforms, this program may require the ability to open and read
the special system file \fI/dev/kmem\fP.  Sites that do not allow general
access to this file may need to make \fIxload\fP belong to the same group
as \fI/dev/kmem\fP and turn on the \fIset group id\fP permission flag.
.PP
Reading the load average is inherently non-portable.  Therefore, the routine
used to read it (get_load.c) must be ported to each new operating system.
.SH AUTHORS
K. Shane Hartman (MIT-LCS) and Stuart A. Malone (MIT-LCS);
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with features added by Jim Gettys (MIT-Athena), Bob Scheifler (MIT-LCS),
Tony Della Fera (MIT-Athena), and Chris Peterson (MIT-LCS).