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PMNOTIFYERR(3) Library Functions Manual PMNOTIFYERR(3)

NAME top

   **pmNotifyErr**, **pmSyslog** - standard handling of error messages

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **void pmNotifyErr(int** _priority_**, const char ***_message_**, ...);**
   **void pmSyslog(int** _onoff_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   These routines provide standard handling for error messages from
   within the internals of Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) daemons and
   Performance Metric Domain Agents (PMDAs).

   **pmNotifyErr** is a [printf(3)](../man3/printf.3.html) style function that will format _message_
   (and any subsequent arguments) with a prefix that includes the
   current date and time from [ctime(3)](../man3/ctime.3.html), the name of the application
   from [pmGetProgname(3)](../man3/pmGetProgname.3.html), the process's id from [getpid(2)](../man2/getpid.2.html) and the
   _priority_.

   _priority_ should be one of the level **LOG_** macros defined for
   [syslog(3)](../man3/syslog.3.html).  Most typically this would be **LOG_INFO**, **LOG_WARNING** or
   **LOG_ERR**.

   **pmNotifyErr** writes to standard error, which for daemons and PMDAs
   has most likely been redirected to a log file using [pmOpenLog(3)](../man3/pmOpenLog.3.html).
   Additionally _message_ (and any subsequent arguments) may be sent
   forwarded to [syslog(3)](../man3/syslog.3.html) if **pmSyslog** has previously been called with
   _onoff_ having a non-zero value.

   Forwarding to [syslog(3)](../man3/syslog.3.html) can be disabled at any time by calling
   **pmSyslog** with _onoff_ having a zero value, and this is the starting
   state for each PCP application.

   In the style of [syslog(3)](../man3/syslog.3.html) _message_ need not include a terminating
   newline character (one will be added if required).

SEE ALSO top

   [getpid(2)](../man2/getpid.2.html), [ctime(3)](../man3/ctime.3.html), [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmGetProgname(3)](../man3/pmGetProgname.3.html), [pmOpenLog(3)](../man3/pmOpenLog.3.html),
   [printf(3)](../man3/printf.3.html) and [syslog(3)](../man3/syslog.3.html).

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