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PMTYPESTR(3)            Library Functions Manual            PMTYPESTR(3)

NAME         top

       pmTypeStr, pmTypeStr_r - convert a performance metric type into a
       string

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       const char *pmTypeStr(int type);
       char *pmTypeStr_r(int type, char *buf, int buflen);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       Given a performance metric type, pmTypeStr produces a terse ASCII
       equivalent, appropriate for use in error and diagnostic messages.
       The pmTypeStr_r function does the same, but stores the result in
       a user-supplied buffer buf of length buflen, which should have
       room for at least 20 bytes.

       The value for type is typically extracted from a pmDesc
       structure, following a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular
       performance metric.

       Examples are 32 (for type equals PM_TYPE_32), U64 (for type
       equals PM_TYPE_U64), STRING (for type equals PM_TYPE_STRING),
       etc.

NOTES         top

       Both of these functions are safe to call from threaded contexts.

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3), pmAtomStr(3), pmConvScale(3), pmExtractValue(3),
       pmLookupDesc(3), pmPrintValue(3), pmIDStr(3), pmInDomStr(3),
       pmSemStr(3) and pmUnitsStr(3).

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Pages that refer to this page: pmatomstr(3),  pmconvscale(3),  pmextractvalue(3),  pmidstr(3),  pmindomstr(3),  pmlookupdesc(3),  pmprintvalue(3),  pmsemstr(3),  pmunitsstr(3),  pmwebapi(3)

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