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From: corwin@polari.UUCP (Don Glover)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: w command
Keywords: load w who
Message-ID: <2103@polari.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 90 23:04:25 GMT
Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944
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The w command gives a statistic called load over 3 different intervals.
Can someone give me a good descripiton of what this statistic means, how
it should be viewed (ie how much salt to take with it) and what uses
it can be put to.