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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2911 comp.os.linux.misc:20592 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!nobody From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Date: 25 Jul 1994 14:44:34 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3114n2$gja@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: <30pafh$hv4@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <30pl71$m1@newstand.syr.edu> <30rt2h$oka@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <30scvf$12q@newstand.syr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com In article <30scvf$12q@newstand.syr.edu>, Shawn M Carey <smcarey@rodan.syr.edu> wrote: >Yes, this will show you which processes have used the most CPU over >thier lifespans, but it doesn't show you which ones are burning the >hottest at the moment you run ps. Huh? I don't understand... *any* calculation of CPU usage has to be some sort of average over time. You can't talk about who's using the most CPU at the moment you run PS, 'cos that's always PS! Now you can say a running average is more useful than a lifetime average, but neither is the snapshot you seem to be looking for. (yeh, use TOP or mon)