JACK_LOAD_TEST(1)

πŸ“¦ version 0.125.0, in ubuntu jammy

πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

okay so bestie, meet jack_load_test β€” a JACK toolkit client that just... sits there and eats your CPU for a while. on purpose. in your process. iconic behaviour honestly πŸ“


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

jack_load_test -t time

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

so like, jack_load_test is a client with no ports at all β€” zero, none, nada πŸ™ˆ β€” and all it does is hog the CPU for time milliseconds. that's it. that's the whole personality. main character energy but make it a stress test πŸ’…

ngl it's actually super useful, because you can use it to test how jackd behaves under load. like, you wanna see what your audio server does when things get spicy? this is the vibe check πŸ”₯

and yes, the -t flag is where you hand over your time value in milliseconds β€” that's literally the only thing it wants from you, so give it a number and let it cook πŸ‘‘

fr fr: it's meant to occupy the cpu, so don't be shocked when your fans start screaming. that's the assignment, not a bug πŸ’€

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

okay so there's no SEE ALSO section in this one, bestie β€” this lil page is short and sweet and it's giving minimalism 🌸


anyway, sending u off with the receipts: this page is from the General Commands Manual, section 1, version 0-125-0rc1, dated March 2020. slay, stay loaded, and don't forget to actually close your test client πŸ«Άβœ¨πŸ’œ

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from