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| author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2003-10-06 16:43:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2003-10-06 16:43:20 +0000 |
| commit | 6b7a4323f28aa5c4d06520d294d2bedf9ec426c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c2760587b2f0f88e7f203a50791ab9702c53ee6 /lispref/os.texi | |
| parent | 79dc1dfcc051ed4f0e97950bbd5cbbb5e85640e9 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-6b7a4323f28aa5c4d06520d294d2bedf9ec426c5.tar.gz | |
Load average can throw error.
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diff --git a/lispref/os.texi b/lispref/os.texi index a92f550b556..f6870245b69 100644 --- a/lispref/os.texi +++ b/lispref/os.texi @@ -796,6 +796,11 @@ averages, which indicate the average number of processes trying to run. If @var{use-float} is non-@code{nil}, then they are returned as floating point numbers and without multiplying by 100. +An error is thrown if the load average can't be obtained. In some +cases making it work would require Emacs being installed setuid or +setgid so that it can read kernel information, and that usually isn't +advisable. + @example @group (load-average) |