pmsetprogname(3) — Linux manual page

PMSETPROGNAME(3)        Library Functions Manual        PMSETPROGNAME(3)

NAME         top

       pmSetProgname, pmGetProgname - application name services

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       void pmSetProgname(const char *program);
       char *pmGetProgname(void);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       Within the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) run-time libraries the name
       of a running application is maintained to be used in error and
       diagnostic messages.

       The default application name is pcp.

       pmSetProgname may be used to set the application name to program
       after stripping any leading components that begin with the
       filesystem path name separator (``/'' for Unix-like systems).

       It is the callers responsibility to ensure the memory pointed to
       by program remains available for the life of the application.
       Typically, the value passed as program for a C program would be
       argv[0].  If program is NULL, the default application name is
       restored.

       pmGetProgname may be used to return the current application name.

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3).

COLOPHON         top

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