NAME

       pmtime - time control server for Performance Co-Pilot

SYNOPSIS

       pmtime [-?]  [-p port]

DESCRIPTION

       pmtime is a graphical user interface for performance monitoring applications using the PCP infrastructure
       and requiring interactive time control.

       pmtime  is  not  normally  invoked directly by users.  Rather, it is more typical for it to be started by
       client applications (e.g.  pmchart(1), pmstat(1) or pmval(1)).

       There are two modes of interacting with a pmtime process - live host mode, and historical  archive  mode.
       In  archive  mode  the  window  presents  time  controls  suitable for manipulating the archive position,
       allowing full VCR control to move forwards and backwards in time at configurable rates and intervals.  In
       live mode the pmtime window contains the simpler time controls suitable for live monitoring.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -p port, --port=port
            port is the port number which pmtime  will  use  for  communication  with  its  clients  (monitoring
            applications).

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

       Note that the pmtime window is only made visible when explicitly requested.  Multiple client applications
       can  be  connected  to a single pmtime server - when the final client application exits, pmtime will also
       exit.

ENVIRONMENT

       When a port number is not explicitly requested on the command line via the  -p  option,  the  environment
       variable  PMTIME_PORT  can  be  set  to  specify  the  port number from which available-port probing will
       commence when pmtime is searching for a port number to use.

       The default starting port number is 43334.

SEE ALSO

       PCPIntro(1), pmchart(1), pmstat(1) and pmval(1).

Performance Co-Pilot                                                                                   PMTIME(1)