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PMLOADNAMESPACE(3) Library Functions Manual PMLOADNAMESPACE(3)

NAME top

   **pmLoadNameSpace** - load a local PMNS for an application

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmLoadNameSpace(const char ***_filename_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   If the application wants to force using a local Performance
   Metrics Name Space (PMNS) instead of a distributed PMNS then it
   must load the PMNS using **pmLoadNameSpace** or
   [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html).  If the application is to use a
   distributed PMNS, then it should NOT make a call to load the PMNS
   explicitly.

   Most applications using a Performance Metrics Application
   Programming Interface (PMAPI) context (of any type, so
   PM_CONTEXT_HOST or PM_CONTEXT_ARCHIVE or PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL) should
   not need to call **pmLoadNameSpace**.

   The _filename_ argument designates the PMNS of interest.  For
   applications not requiring a tailored PMNS, the special value
   **PM_NS_DEFAULT** may be used for _filename_, to force the default local
   PMNS to be loaded.

   The default local PMNS is found in the file _$PCPVARDIR/pmns/root_
   unless the environment variable **PMNS_DEFAULT** is set, in which case
   the value is assumed to be the pathname to the file containing the
   default local PMNS.

   Externally a PMNS is stored in an ASCII format as described in
   [PMNS(5)](../man5/PMNS.5.html).  However, note that **pmLoadNameSpace** assumes _filename_ does
   not contain any C-style comments, preprocessor directives or
   macros; if this is not the case, [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html) should be
   used instead.

   As of Version 3.10.3 of PCP, by default, multiple names in the
   PMNS **are** allowed to be associated with a single Performance
   Metrics Identifier (PMID) and this is unconditionally allowed by
   **pmLoadNameSpace**.  [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html) provides an alternative
   interface with user-defined control over the handling of duplicate
   names for the same PMID in the PMNS.

   **pmLoadNameSpace** returns zero on success.

DIAGNOSTICS top

   Syntax and other errors in the parsing of the PMNS are reported on
   _stderr_ with a message of the form ``Error Parsing ASCII PMNS:
   ...''.

   **PM_ERR_DUPPMNS**

          It is an error to try and load more than one PMNS, or to
          call either **pmLoadNameSpace** and/or [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html)
          more than once.

   **PM_ERR_PMNS**

          Syntax error in the PMNS file.

FILES top

   _$PCPVARDIR/pmns/root_   the default local PMNS, when the
                            environment variable **PMNS_DEFAULT** is
                            unset

PCP ENVIRONMENT top

   Environment variables with the prefix **PCP_** are used to
   parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
   installation, the file _/etc/pcp.conf_ contains the local values for
   these variables.  The **$PCP_CONF** variable may be used to specify an
   alternative configuration file, as described in [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).
   Values for these variables may be obtained programmatically using
   the [pmGetConfig(3)](../man3/pmGetConfig.3.html) function.

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmGetConfig(3)](../man3/pmGetConfig.3.html), [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html),
   [pmTrimNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmTrimNameSpace.3.html), [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html), [pcp.env(5)](../man5/pcp.env.5.html) and [PMNS(5)](../man5/PMNS.5.html).

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