Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/nbfind : utils/nbfind
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
 	chmod a+x $@
 
-$(PREFIX)/bin/nbload : utils/nbload
+$(PREFIX)/bin/loadrunner : utils/loadrunner
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
 	chmod a+x $@
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/refdb : refdb
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
 	$(INSTALL) dboard $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR)/dboard
 	utils/mk_wrapper $(PREFIX) dboard > $(PREFIX)/bin/dashboard
 	chmod a+x $(PREFIX)/bin/dashboard
 
 install : $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR) $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR)/mtest $(PREFIX)/bin/megatest $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR)/dboard $(PREFIX)/bin/dashboard $(HELPERS) $(PREFIX)/bin/nbfake \
-          $(PREFIX)/bin/nbfind $(PREFIX)/bin/nbload $(PREFIX)/bin/refdb $(PREFIX)/bin/mt_xterm
+          $(PREFIX)/bin/nbfind $(PREFIX)/bin/loadrunner $(PREFIX)/bin/refdb $(PREFIX)/bin/mt_xterm
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR) : 
 	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin/.$(ARCHSTR)
 
 test: tests/tests.scm

ADDED   utils/loadrunner
Index: utils/loadrunner
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ utils/loadrunner
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+# load=`uptime|awk '{print $10}'|cut -d, -f1`
+load=`uptime|perl -pe 's/.*: (\d+.\d+),.*/$1/'`
+if which cpucheck > /dev/null;then
+    numcpu=`cpucheck|tail -1|awk '{print $6}'`
+elif which lscpu > /dev/null;then
+    numcpu=`lscpu|grep "CPU.s.:"|awk '{print $2}'`
+else
+    numcpu=2
+fi
+
+# NB// max_load is in units of percent.
+#
+lperc=`echo "100 * $load / $numcpu"|bc`
+if [[ "x$MAX_ALLOWED_LOAD" == "x" ]]; then
+  max_load=100
+else
+  max_load=$MAX_ALLOWED_LOAD
+fi
+
+if [[  $lperc -lt $max_load ]];then
+  echo "Load acceptable: lperc=$lperc %, max_load=$max_load %, load=$load, numcpu=$numcpu, MAX_ALLOWED_LOAD=$MAX_ALLOWED_LOAD %"
+  echo "Starting command: \"$@\""
+  nbfake "$@"
+else
+  # echo "Load too high: lperc=$lperc, max_load=$max_load, waiting two minutes before trying to run command: \"$@\""
+  echo "loadrunner $@" | at now + 2 minutes 2> /dev/null
+fi