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NAME top

   **pmDupContext** - duplicate a PMAPI context

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmDupContext(void);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   An application using the Performance Metrics Application
   Programming Interface (PMAPI) may manipulate several concurrent
   contexts, each associated with a source of performance metrics,
   e.g. [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) on some host, or a set of archives of performance
   metrics as created by [pmlogger(1)](../man1/pmlogger.1.html).

   Calling **pmDupContext** will replicate the current PMAPI context,
   returning a handle for the new context that may be used with
   subsequent calls to [pmUseContext(3)](../man3/pmUseContext.3.html).

   Once created, the duplicated context and the original context have
   independent existence, and so their instance profiles and
   collection time (relevant only for archive contexts) may be
   independently varied.

   The newly replicated context becomes the current context.

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmNewContext(3)](../man3/pmNewContext.3.html) and [pmUseContext(3)](../man3/pmUseContext.3.html).

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