Hi, You might take a look at the procps package (top, uptime, etc.) to see how they do it. Venkatesh > > Hi, > The granularity of my access should be around once every 5 sec. But one > min, I am unable to read that file through a program. I want to read the > load of the system through a C program.. > thanks > vishit. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list >