NAME

       pmlogpaste - paste text into a metric in a PCP archive

SYNOPSIS

       pmlogpaste [-?]  [-f file] [-h hostname] [-l label] [-m metric] [-o outfile] [-t timezone]

DESCRIPTION

       pmlogpaste  takes  input  text  from a file or the command line, and writes it as a metric
       value in a new PCP archive.  This metric value is timestamped with the current  time,  and
       is stored as a string type metric.

       The  main  purpose  of  this  tool  is  to take captured output and preserve this in a PCP
       archive.  This allows, for example, the output of a benchmark run to be stored along  with
       performance metrics captured during that run, in a single archive.  Archives can be merged
       using the pmlogextract(1) utility.

       pmlogpaste uses the LOGIMPORT(3) library interfaces internally, which support the creation
       of archives from external sources of performance data.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -f file, --file=file
            File with input text to be archived, or ``-'' for standard input.

       -h hostname, --hostname=hostname
            Source  host  name  for  the  archive.   The default value is the local host name, or
            ``localhost'' if that cannot be obtained.

       -l label, --label=label
            Add context labels to the generated archive.  This option can be  presented  multiple
            times  to  produce  multiple  labels in the archive.  The label should be in the form
            name:value.

       -m metric, --metric=metric
            Metric name for the archive.  The default metric name is paste.value.

       -o outfile, --outfile=outfile
            Archive output file.  The default archive name is paste.

       -t timezone, --timezone=timezone
            Source timezone for the archive archive.  The default value is the local timezone.

       -?, --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), pmcd(1), pmlogextract(1) and LOGIMPORT(3).