Xref: utzoo gnu.emacs.help:1780 comp.emacs:10565 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: darrylo@HPNMXX.SR.HP.COM Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Subject: Re: Elisp replacement for load-average Message-ID: <9104181711.AA11246@hpnmd.hp.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 17:03:58 GMT References: Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Organization: Gatewayed from the GNU Project mailing list help-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 16 > Well, the system management here wasn't comfortable making emacs sgid > system so it could read /dev/kmem, so I decided to sit down and write a > short elisp routine to parse uptime(1). I don't have too much experience > programming in elisp, so if you see a way to speed it up, feel free to tell > me. Get a copy of the old V18.55 etc/loadst.c and lisp/time.el. It'll do exactly what you want. -- Darryl Okahata UUCP: {hplabs!, hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpnmd!darrylo Internet: darrylo%hpnmd@relay.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day.