--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Gnucomo system load report.
+#
+# Create a parameter report with two values:
+# The total number of processes and the 5-min load average.
+#
+
+
+HOST=`hostname --fqdn`
+TIME=`date`
+
+echo "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
+echo "<gcmt:message xmlns:gcmt='http://gnucomo.org/transport/'>"
+echo " <gcmt:header>"
+echo " <gcmt:messagetype>XML</gcmt:messagetype>"
+echo " <gcmt:hostname>$HOST</gcmt:hostname>"
+echo " <gcmt:time>$TIME</gcmt:time>"
+echo " </gcmt:header>"
+echo " <gcmt:data>"
+
+echo " <gcmt:parameters gcmt:class='systemload'>"
+
+PROCESSES=`ps ax|wc -l|awk ' {print $1}'`
+LOADAV=` uptime|awk ' { print $11 }' | tr -d ,`
+
+echo "<gcmt:parameter name='Load'>"
+echo " <gcmt:description>System processing load</gcmt:description>"
+echo " <gcmt:property name='processes'>$PROCESSES</gcmt:property>"
+echo " <gcmt:property name='runqueue'>$LOADAV</gcmt:property>"
+echo "</gcmt:parameter>"
+
+echo " </gcmt:parameters>"
+echo " </gcmt:data>"
+echo "</gcmt:message>"