PMHOSTNAME(1) General Commands Manual PMHOSTNAME(1)NAME
pmhostname - report hostname
SYNOPSIS
$PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmhostname [hostname]
DESCRIPTION
pmhostname reports the name of the host hostname as returned by gethostbyname(3N).
If hostname is not specified, then the local host name is retrieved using gethostname(2) and this is than passed to gethostbyname(3N).
pmhostname provides a service for shell scripts that mimics the logic formerly used by Performance Co-Pilot applications when trying to
determine the official name of a host. PCP applications no longer use DNS-based heuristics, and therefore this command is deprecated.
If gethostbyname(3N) fails, the input host name (either hostname or the result from calling gethostname(2)) is reported.
PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the
file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configura-
tion file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
SEE ALSO named(1), nsd(1), nslookup(1), gethostname(2), gethostbyname(3N), pcp.conf(5), pcp.env(5) and resolver(5).
Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMHOSTNAME(1)
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PMGETARCHIVELABEL(3) Library Functions Manual PMGETARCHIVELABEL(3)NAME
pmGetArchiveLabel - fetch the label record from a performance metrics archive log
C SYNOPSIS
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
int pmGetArchiveLabel(pmLogLabel *lp);
cc ... -lpcp
DESCRIPTION
Within the framework of the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP), archive logs of performance metrics values may be accumulated and saved using the
program pmlogger(1).
The routine pmGetArchiveLabel may be used to fetch the label record from an archive log that has already been opened using pmNewContext(3),
or pmDupContext(3), and thereby associated with the current Performance Metrics Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) context.
The result returned via the pointer lp is a structure that must be pre-allocated by the caller and has the following format (defined in
pmapi.h).
/*
* Label Record at the start of every log file
*/
typedef struct {
int ll_magic; /* PM_LOG_MAGIC | log format version no. */
pid_t ll_pid; /* PID of logger */
struct timeval ll_start;/* start of this log */
char ll_hostname[PM_LOG_MAXHOSTLEN]; /* name of collection host */
char ll_tz[40]; /* $TZ at collection host */
} pmLogLabel;
For an application, the most useful information from the archive label is likely to be in the fields ll_start, ll_hostname or ll_tz.
Note that the size of the ll_hostname field is PM_LOG_MAXHOSTLEN (64 bytes) which is less than MAXHOSTNAMELEN (see gethostbyname(3)) on
some platforms. These semantics are necessary to retain backwards compatibility with the PCP archive file format.
pmGetArchiveLabel returns zero for success.
PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the
file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configura-
tion file, as described in pcp.conf(5). Values for these variables may be obtained programmatically using the pmGetConfig(3) function.
SEE ALSO pmlogger(1), PMAPI(3), pmDupContext(3), pmGetConfig(3), pmNewContext(3), pcp.conf(5) and pcp.env(5).
DIAGNOSTICS
PM_ERR_NOCONTEXT
the current PMAPI context is either invalid, or not associated with an archive log
Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMGETARCHIVELABEL(3)
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Here is a small doubt....
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