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PMLOOKUPNAME(3) Library Functions Manual PMLOOKUPNAME(3)

NAME top

   **pmLookupName** - translate performance metric names into PMIDs

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmLookupName(int** _numpmid_**, const char** _namelist_**, pmID ***_pmidlist_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   Given a list in _namelist_ containing _numpmid_ full pathnames for
   performance metrics from a Performance Metrics Name Space (PMNS),
   **pmLookupName** returns the list of associated Performance Metric
   Identifiers (PMIDs) via _pmidlist_.

   The result from **pmLookupName** depends on the presence of any lookup
   failures, their severity and the number of metrics being looked
   up.

   1.  If there are no lookup failures, the return value will be
       _numpmid_.

   2.  If a fatal error is encountered, the return value will be less
       than 0.  For example **PM_ERR_TOOSMALL**, **PM_ERR_NOPMNS** or
       **PM_ERR_IPC**.

   3.  If _numpmid_ is greater than one and non-fatal error(s) are
       encountered, the return value is the number of metric names
       that have successfully been looked up (greater than or equal
       to zero and less than or equal to _numpmid_).

   4.  If _numpmid_ is one and a non-fatal error is encountered, the
       return value is the error code (less than zero).

   When errors are encountered, any metrics that cannot be looked up
   result in the corresponding element of _pmidlist_ being set to
   **PM_ID_NULL**.

   The slightly convoluted error protocol allows bulk lookups, then
   probing for more error details in the case of a specific failure,
   as shown in the **EXAMPLES** section below.

   Note that the error protocol guarantees there is a 1:1
   relationship between the elements of _namelist_ and _pmidlist_, hence
   both lists contain exactly _numpmid_ elements.  For this reason, the
   caller is expected to have preallocated a suitably sized array for
   _pmidlist_.

EXAMPLE top

   #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

   #define NUMPMID (sizeof(names)/sizeof(const char *))
   const char *names[] = {
                  "sample.bin",
                  "sample",
                  "sample.bog",
                  "sample.secret.bar",
                  "sample.secret.bar.bad"
                };
   pmID pmids[NUMPMID];

   int
   main(int argc, char **argv)
   {
       int  sts;
       int  numpmid = NUMPMID;

       pmNewContext(PM_CONTEXT_HOST, "local:");

       sts = pmLookupName(numpmid, names, pmids);

       if (sts < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "pmLookupName failed: %s0, pmErrStr(sts));
        exit(1);
       }
       if (sts != numpmid) {
        /*
         * some of the lookups failed ... report the reason(s)
         */
        int  i;

        for (i = 0; i < numpmid; i++) {
            if (pmids[i] != PM_ID_NULL) continue;
            /* this one failed */
            sts = pmLookupName(1, &names[i], &pmids[i]);
            fprintf(stderr, "%s: lookup failed: %s0, names[i], pmErrStr(sts));
        }
        exit(1);
       }

       /* all good ... */
       ...
   }

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **PM_ERR_TOOSMALL**
          _numpmid_ must be at least 1

   **PM_ERR_NOPMNS**
          Failed to access a PMNS for operation.  Note that if the
          application hasn't a priori called [pmLoadNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadNameSpace.3.html) and
          wants to use the distributed PMNS, then a call to
          **pmLookupName** must be made after the creation of a context
          (see [pmNewContext(3)](../man3/pmNewContext.3.html)).

   **PM_ERR_NAME**
          _namelist[0]_ does not correspond to a valid metric name in
          the PMNS.

   **PM_ERR_NONLEAF**
          _namelist[0]_ refers to a node in the PMNS but it was not a
          leaf node.

   **PM_ERR_***
          Other diagnostics are for protocol failures when accessing
          the distributed PMNS.

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmGetChildren(3)](../man3/pmGetChildren.3.html), [pmGetChildrenStatus(3)](../man3/pmGetChildrenStatus.3.html),
   [pmGetConfig(3)](../man3/pmGetConfig.3.html), [pmLoadNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadNameSpace.3.html), [pmNameID(3)](../man3/pmNameID.3.html), [pmNewContext(3)](../man3/pmNewContext.3.html),
   [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html) and [pcp.env(5)](../man5/pcp.env.5.html).

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