pmparsemetricspec(3) — Linux manual page

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PMPARSEMETRICSPEC(3)    Library Functions Manual    PMPARSEMETRICSPEC(3)

NAME         top

       pmParseMetricSpec, pmFreeMetricSpec - uniform metric
       specification parser

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmParseMetricSpec(const char *string, int isarch,
               char *source, pmMetricSpec **rsltp, char **errmsg);
       void pmFreeMetricSpec(pmMetricSpec *rslt);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmParseMetricSpec accepts a string specifying the name of a PCP
       performance metric, and optionally the source (either a hostname
       or a PCP archive filename) and instances for that metric.  The
       syntax is described in PCPIntro(1).

       If neither host nor archive component of the metric specification
       is provided, the isarch and source arguments are used to fill in
       the returned pmMetricSpec structure.

       The pmMetricSpec structure that is returned via rsltp represents
       the parsed string and has the following declaration:

           typedef struct {
               int     isarch;      /* source type: 0 -> live host, 1 -> archive, 2 -> local context */
               char    *source;     /* name of source host or archive */
               char    *metric;     /* name of metric */
               int     ninst;       /* number of instances, 0 -> all */
               char    *inst[1];    /* array of instance names */
           } pmMetricSpec;

       pmParseMetricSpec returns 0 if the given string was successfully
       parsed.  In this case all the storage allocated by
       pmParseMetricSpec can be released by a single call to free(3)
       using the address returned from pmMetricSpec via rsltp.  The
       convenience macro pmFreeMetricSpec is a thinly disguised wrapper
       for free(3).

       pmParseMetricSpec returns PM_ERR_GENERIC and a dynamically
       allocated error message string in errmsg, if the given string
       does not parse.  Be sure to free(3) the error message string in
       this situation.

       In the case of an error, rsltp is undefined.  In the case of
       success, errmsg is undefined.  If rsltp->ninst is 0, then
       rsltp->inst[0] is undefined.

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3) and pmLookupName(3).

COLOPHON         top

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