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PMNAMEINDOM(3) Library Functions Manual PMNAMEINDOM(3)

NAME top

   **pmNameInDom** - translate an instance identifier into an instance
   name

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmNameInDom(pmInDom** _indom_**, int** _inst_**, char** _name_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   For the instance domain _indom_, in the current Performance Metrics
   Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) context, locate the
   instance with the internal instance identifier given by _inst_, and
   return the full external instance identification via _name_.

   The value for the instance domain _indom_ is typically extracted
   from a _pmDesc_ structure, following a call to [pmLookupDesc(3)](../man3/pmLookupDesc.3.html) for a
   particular performance metric.

   The space for the value of _name_ will have been allocated in
   **pmNameInDom** with [malloc(3)](../man3/malloc.3.html), and it is the responsibility of the
   caller to [free(3)](../man3/free.3.html) the space when it is no longer required.

   **pmNameInDom** returns zero on success.

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **PM_ERR_INDOM**
          _indom_ is not a valid instance domain identifier

   **PM_ERR_INST**
          The instance identifier _inst_ is not known for the instance
          domain _indom_ in the current PMAPI context

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmGetConfig(3)](../man3/pmGetConfig.3.html), [pmGetInDom(3)](../man3/pmGetInDom.3.html), [pmLookupInDom(3)](../man3/pmLookupInDom.3.html),
   [pmNameInDomArchive(3)](../man3/pmNameInDomArchive.3.html), [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html) and [pcp.env(5)](../man5/pcp.env.5.html).

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