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PMDAGETOPTIONS(3) Library Functions Manual PMDAGETOPTIONS(3)

NAME top

   **pmdaGetOpt**, **pmdaGetOptions** - get options from arguments, parsing
   generic PMDA options

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmdaGetOptions(int** _argc_**, char *const ***_argv_**, pmdaOptions ***_opts_**,**
           **pmdaInterface ***_dispatch_**);**

   **int pmdaGetOpt(int** _argc_**, char *const ***_argv_**, const char ***_optstring_**,**
           **pmdaInterface ***_dispatch_**, int ***_err_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   These  functions  are wrappers for [pmgetopt_r(3)](../man3/pmgetopt%5Fr.3.html).  The behavior of
   each function is that certain options are assumed to have a prede‐
   fined behavior which initializes several fields in the  **pmdaInter‐**
   **face** structure.   The  **pmdaGetOptions** interface allows both short
   and long options to be given, whereas **pmdaGetOpt** allows for  short
   form options only.

   The options that both **pmdaGetOptions** and **pmdaGetOpt** will trap are:

   **-D**_debugspec_
          Set the [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html) debugging options to _debugspec_, as de‐
          scribed in [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html).  Used for controlling levels of
          trace output while debugging.

   **-d**_domain_
          Set the _domain_ number of this agent.

   **-h**_helpfile_
          Obtain the help text (see [pmdaText(3)](../man3/pmdaText.3.html)) for the metrics from
          this file rather than from the path specified with
          [pmdaDSO(3)](../man3/pmdaDSO.3.html) or [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html).

   **-i**_port_ Expect PMCD to connect on inet _port_ (number or name).

   **-6**_port_ Expect PMCD to connect on ipv6 _port_ (number or name).

   **-l**_logfile_
          Redirect diagnostics and trace output to _logfile_.

   **-p** Expect PMCD to supply stdin/stdout pipe.

   **-u**_socket_
          Expect PMCD to connect on unix domain _socket_.

   The **pmdaGetOptions** interface will also capture the following op‐
   tions, and store them within the _opts_ parameter:

   **-U**_username_
          Set the user account name under which the PMDA should exe‐
          cute.

   Only one of **-i**, **-6**, **-p** and **-u** may be specified.  If none of these
   three options is given, a pipe (**-p**) is assumed.  When these op‐
   tions are encountered by **pmdaGetOpt**, the option is processed and
   the next option is examined.  Therefore, **pmdaGetOpt** will only re‐
   turn when an option other than those listed above is found, or the
   end of the list is reached.  The returned value will be the argu‐
   ment or EOF, respectively.

   A PMDA can control which of these options the program will accept
   with either the _opts_ or _optstring_ argument.  To accept all the op‐
   tions, the PMDA should call **pmdaGetOptions** with the short_options
   field of the _opts_ structure set to the PMDA_OPTIONS macro, or
   **pmdaGetOpt** with the option string "D:d:h:i:l:pu:".  Any PMDA spe‐
   cific options should be added to these strings in the style of
   [getopt(3)](../man3/getopt.3.html), and will be returned by both **pmdaGetOptions** and **pmdaGe‐**
   **tOpt** if encountered.

   When a command line option usage error is detected in the **pmdaGe‐**
   **tOptions** interface, the error field of the _opts_ structure will
   contain a non-zero error count.

   **pmdaGetOpt** takes a pointer to an int, _err_, which is used as an er‐
   ror count.  This variable should be initialized to zero before
   **pmdaGetOpt** is first called, and tested when **pmdaGetOpt** returns
   EOF.

   Neither **pmdaGetOptions** nor **pmdaGetOpt** modify their _argc_ or _argv_
   parameters.

   The global variables used by the system [getopt(3)](../man3/getopt.3.html) interface may
   also be used by the caller of **pmdaGetOpt** within the argument pars‐
   ing loop.

   On the other hand, the **pmdaGetOptions** interface does not utilize
   global variables at all (neither reading nor modifying them).  In‐
   stead, these variables can be access via the _opts_ fields of the
   same name.

CAVEAT top

   The options **-D**, **-d**, **-i**, **-l**, **-p** and **-u** cannot be reused for other
   purposes by the PMDA, unless using the _override_ method provided by
   the **pmdaGetOptions** interface, which operates in the same way as
   described for the [pmGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmGetOptions.3.html) interface used by PMAPI client
   tools.

   The PMDA must be using **PMDA_INTERFACE_2** or later, as specified in
   the call to [pmdaDSO(3)](../man3/pmdaDSO.3.html) or [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html).

DIAGNOSTICS top

   Both **pmdaGetOptions** and **pmdaGetOpt** will display the same error
   messages as **getopt**.

COLOPHON top

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