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PMTRIMNAMESPACE(3) Library Functions Manual PMTRIMNAMESPACE(3)

NAME top

   **pmTrimNameSpace** - prune a performance metrics name space

C SYNOPSIS top

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

   **int pmTrimNameSpace(void);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   In some (rare) cases it is helpful to prune the Performance
   Metrics Name Space (PMNS) to match the available metrics.

   The default PMNS that is accessible to a Performance Metrics
   Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) client is provided by
   the current PMAPI context:

   •  for a PMAPI context of type **PM_CONTEXT_HOST** the PMNS is
      provided by [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) on the associated host and no pruning is
      required

   •  for a PMAPI context of type **PM_CONTEXT_ARCHIVE** the PMNS is
      stored within the associated Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive
      and no pruning is required

   •  for a PMAPI context of type **PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL** at the first PMAPI
      call requiring access to the PMNS it is loaded from the default
      local location **$PCP_VAR_DIR/pmns/root** (or **$PMNS_DEFAULT**) and no
      pruning is required.

   If the default PMNS is in effect then calling **pmTrimNameSpace** is a
   no-op and returns zero with no change to the PMNS.

   PMAPI clients also have the option of over-riding the default PMNS
   by loading a _local_ PMNS from a file (see [PMNS(5)](../man5/PMNS.5.html) for the format)
   by calling [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html) or [pmLoadNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadNameSpace.3.html) and this
   is when some PMNS pruning _may_ be useful.

   If a _local_ PMNS is in effect when **pmTrimNameSpace** is called then
   the first action is to restore the PMNS to the state as of the
   completion of the last [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html) or
   [pmLoadNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadNameSpace.3.html), so that the effects of consecutive calls to
   **pmTrimNameSpace** are **not** additive.

   The subsequent actions of **pmTrimNameSpace** depend on the type of
   the current PMAPI context.

   •  For a context of type **PM_CONTEXT_ARCHIVE** the _local_ PMNS is
      trimmed to exclude metrics for which no description can be
      found in the PCP archive.  The PMNS is further trimmed to
      remove empty subtrees that do not contain any performance
      metric.  Since PCP archives usually contain some subset of all
      metrics named in a PMNS, **pmTrimNameSpace** effectively prunes the
      application's PMNS to contain only the names of the metrics in
      the archive.

   •  For a context of type **PM_CONTEXT_HOST** or **PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL** no
      further action is required.

   On success, **pmTrimNameSpace** returns zero.

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **PM_ERR_NOPMNS**
          there has been some earlier problem with establishing the
          relevant PMNS

   **PM_ERR_NOCONTEXT**
          the current PMAPI context is invalid

SEE ALSO top

   [pmlogger(1)](../man1/pmlogger.1.html), [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmLoadASCIINameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadASCIINameSpace.3.html),
   [pmLoadNameSpace(3)](../man3/pmLoadNameSpace.3.html), [pmNewContext(3)](../man3/pmNewContext.3.html) and [PMNS(5)](../man5/PMNS.5.html).

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