opensolaris man page for libpctx

libpctx(3LIB)							Interface Libraries						     libpctx(3LIB)

NAME
       libpctx - process context library

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag... ] file... -lpctx [ library... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Functions  in  this library provide a simple means to access the underlying facilities of proc(4) to allow a controlling process to manipu-
       late the state of a controlled process.

       This library is primarily for use in conjunction with the libcpc(3LIB) library.	Used together, these libraries allow  developers  to  con-
       struct tools that can manipulate CPU performance counters in other processes. The cputrack(1) utility is an example of such a tool.

INTERFACES
       The  shared  object  libpctx.so.1  provides  the  public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object
       interfaces.

       pctx_capture		     pctx_create
       pctx_release		     pctx_run
       pctx_set_events

FILES
       /usr/lib/libpctx.so.1	    shared object

       /usr/lib/64/libpctx.so.1     64-bit shared object

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE		     |ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcpcu (32-bit) 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |			     |SUNWcpcux (64-bit)	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       cputrack(1), Intro(3), cpc(3CPC), libcpc(3LIB), proc(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    22 May 2003 						     libpctx(3LIB)