You didn't say how granular you need to get, so I am not sure if this will help you: look at the contents of /proc/loadavg This file contains the average CPU utilization for 1, 5 & 15 minutes. On Tuesday 26 March 2002 05:53 pm, you wrote: Hi, I want to determine the load on the machine through C API. Can anyone help me. thanks -- rm -rf /bin/laden Do it now and often!