PMPARSEDEBUG(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   PMPARSEDEBUG(3)

NAME

       __pmParseDebug - convert a list of debug flags into an integer

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
       #include <pcp/impl.h>

       int __pmParseDebug(const char *spec);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       __pmParseDebug parses spec assuming it to be a comma separated list of PCP debug flags.

       Each  flag  may	be specified as an integer or the trailing portion of the symbolic name of the corresponding flag as reported by pmdbg(1).
       Symbolic names are stripped of the ``DBG_TRACE_'' prefix and may appear in either case.

       As a special case, the values ``-1'' and ``ALL'' are treated as synonyms for turning on all bits except the sign bit in	the  result,  i.e.
       INT_MAX from <limits.h>.

       For example the debug flag DBG_TRACE_FETCH is defined in /usr/include/pcp/impl.h and may be specified in spec as 2, FETCH or fetch.

SEE ALSO

       pmdbg(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

       If  successful,	__pmParseDebug	returns  the value computed by the bit-wise ``or'' of each flag in the spec, suitable for assigning to the
       global debug trace control variable pmDebug.  Otherwise the return value is less than 0 to indicate a parsing error.

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