NAME

       pmlogger_rewrite - helper script to rewrite Performance Co-Pilot archives

SYNOPSIS

       $PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmlogger_rewrite [-dNsVvw?]  [-c config] archive ...

DESCRIPTION

       pmlogger_rewrite is a helper script that is used by pmlogger_daily(1) when rewriting Performance Co-Pilot
       (PCP) archives.  Rewriting is usually required to accommodate evolutionary changes  in  metadata  so  old
       archives can be updated and then merged with current archives.

       pmlogger_rewrite is a wrapper script for pmlogrewrite(1) that will potentially rewrite all of the archive
       logs matching the archive arguments.  Each archive argument may be a PCP archive file name, the  basename
       for  the  files in a PCP archive, or a directory (in which case all subordinate PCP archives are found by
       recursive descent).

       pmlogrewrite is run with the -i option so rewriting is done ``in place''.  The -q option is also used, so
       if no rewriting is required then no changes are made to the archive files.

OPTIONS

       The  following  options are passed through to pmlogrewrite: -c (or --config), -d (or --desperate), -s (or
       --scale), -v (or --verbose) and -w (or --warnings).  Refer to pmlogrewrite(1) for the  meaning  of  these
       options.

       The remaining options are:

       -N, --showme
            Runs  pmlogger_rewrite  in a ``show me'' or ``dry run'' mode where the tasks that would be performed
            are reported, but no changes are made.  This is typically used for debugging in combination with one
            (verbose) or two (very verbose) -V options.

       -V, --verbose
            Increase script output verbosity.

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

PCP ENVIRONMENT

       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).

SEE ALSO

       PCPIntro(1), pmlogger(1), pmlogger_daily(1) and pmlogrewrite(1).