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PMADDDERIVEDTEXT(3)     Library Functions Manual     PMADDDERIVEDTEXT(3)

NAME         top

       pmAddDerivedText - add help text for a derived metric

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmAddDerivedText(const char *name, int type, const char
       *text);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       Derived metrics provide a way of extending the Performance
       Metrics Name Space (PMNS) with new metrics defined at the PCP
       client-side using expressions over the existing performance
       metrics.  Global derived metrics are defined using
       pmRegisterDerived(3) or pmRegisterDerivedMetric(3) or
       pmLoadDerivedConfig(3), and per-context derived metrics are
       defined using pmAddDerived(3) or pmAddDerivedMetric(3).

       Once a derived metric has been defined, pmAddDerivedText may be
       used to associate the help text with the derived metric
       identified by name.

       Help text may be a ``one line'' summary or a more verbose
       ``multi-line'' block of text, and type should be PM_TEXT_ONELINE
       or PM_TEXT_HELP respectively.  To associate both styles of help
       text with a derived metric, pmAddDerivedText would need to be
       called twice with different values for type.

       Once a particular type of help text has been associated with a
       derived metric it cannot be deleted or redefined.

       Applications using the Performance Metrics Application
       Programming Interface (PMAPI) are able to retrieve help text for
       specific metrics using pmLookupText(3).

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       pmAddDerivedText returns zero on success, else an error code.

       The return value PM_ERR_NAME indicates name does not correspond
       to a previously defined derived metric.

       Repeated calls for the same name and type will result a return
       value of PM_ERR_TEXT.

       A return value of PM_ERR_ARG indicates that type is not one of
       the expected values.

SEE ALSO         top

       PCPIntro(1), pmAddDerived(3), pmAddDerivedMetric(3), PMAPI(3),
       pmLoadDerivedConfig(3), pmLookupText(3), pmRegisterDerived(3),
       pmRegisterDerivedMetric(3) and PMNS(5).

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