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PMSETDEBUG(3) Library Functions Manual PMSETDEBUG(3)

NAME top

   **pmSetDebug**, **pmClearDebug** - manipulate PCP debugging control
   options

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmSetDebug(const char ***_spec_**);**
   **int pmClearDebug(const char ***_spec_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   Within the libraries and applications of the Performance Co-Pilot
   (PCP) there is an extensive set of debugging options that may be
   enabled or disabled at run-time.

   Both **pmSetDebug** and **pmClearDebug** parse _spec_ assuming it to be a
   comma separated list of PCP debug option names.

   The names of the available options may be found using the **-l**
   argument to [pmdbg(1)](../man1/pmdbg.1.html).

   As a special case, the name ``all'' is treated as a synonym for
   identifying all option names.

   **pmSetDebug** will set the corresponding options, while **pmClearDebug**
   will clear the corresponding options.

   Consecutive calls to either routine will be additive.  For example
   the following code fragments are equivalent in terms of the final
   configuration of the debug options.

        sts = pmClearDebug("all");
        sts = pmSetDebug("appl0");
        sts = pmSetDebug("pdu,fetch");
        sts = pmSetDebug("fetch,profile,context");
        sts = pmClearDebug("appl0");

        sts = pmClearDebug("all");
        sts = pmSetDebug("pdu,fetch,profile,context");

   For applications that use [pmGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmGetOptions.3.html) to process command line
   options and arguments, setting the environment variable **$PCP_DEBUG**
   provides an alternative mechanism to set debug flags, as described
   in [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html).

   An earlier implementation of the PCP debug facilities used a bit-
   vector and for backwards compatibility the elements of _spec_ may
   include decimal values corresponding to those bit-values.  Refer
   to [pmdbg(1)](../man1/pmdbg.1.html) for more details of this deprecated format.

DIAGNOSTICS top

   If successful, these routines return 0, otherwise the return is
   **PM_ERR_CONV** to indicate a parsing error.

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html) and [pmdbg(1)](../man1/pmdbg.1.html).

COLOPHON top

   This page is part of the _PCP_ (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
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Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMSETDEBUG(3)

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