---
name: "bbsload"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bbsload"
version: "0.2.8-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bbsload"
---

# bbsload(1)

system load tool for Blackbox

## NAME

bbsload - system load tool for Blackbox

## SYNOPSIS

**bbsload** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**bbsload** is a Blackbox tool to display your system load.

It can show simple system bar graphs, including load averages for 1, 5 and 15  minute periods, memory usage, swap usage, total system usage, as well as CPU  loads for user, nice and system processes and idle time.

## USAGE

By default **bbsload** reads the Blackbox style-file as defined in *$HOME/.blackboxrc* and copies as much of the style as possible. The result is an application which looks a lot like the toolbar.

The *-geometry* is given as +x+y or -x-y (or combination) where -x-y is the (x,y) distance of the right bottom of screen to the right bottom of **bbsload**.

So *-geometry -0-0* puts the application in the lower right corner of the screen.

## OPTIONS

A summary of the options supported by **bbsload** is included below.

- **-display** *display name*

  X server to connect to

- **-c\[onfig\]** *filename*

  use alternate config file

- **-d\[ecorated\]**

  Show 'normal' decorated window

- **-geom\[etry\]** *geometry*

  Set geometry of window

- **-h\[elp\]**

  Show summary of options and exit.

- **-n\[obb\]**

  fall back on default configuration

- **-s\[hape\]**

  Don't display groundplate

- **-v\[ersion\]**

  Display version number

- **-w\[ithdrawn\]**

  Place bbtool in the Slit

## FILES

Default: *$datadir=/usr/local/share/*\

### Under Blackbox

```
$datadir/bbtools/bbsload.bb the global configuration file
$HOME/.bbtools/bbsload.bb a local configuration file
```

### Under other Window managers

```
$datadir/bbtools/bbsload.nobb the global configuration file
$HOME/.bbtools/bbsload.nobb a local configuration file
```

## SEE ALSO

**[blackbox(1)](/blackbox/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Emanuele Rocca \<emarocca@libero.it\>, for the  Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).