NAME

       pmdaDesc - get the description of a metric from a PMDA

C SYNOPSIS

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

       int pmdaDesc(pmID pmid, pmDesc *desc, pmdaExt *pmda);

       cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       pmdaDesc  uses the standard PMDA(3) data structures to return the pmDesc description in desc for the met‐
       ric identified by pmid.

CAVEAT

       The PMDA must be using PMDA_INTERFACE_2 or later, as specified in the  call  to  pmdaDSO(3)  or  pmdaDae‐
       mon(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

       If the pmid does not correspond to any metric supported by this PMDA, pmdaDesc returns PM_ERR_PMID.

SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3), PMDA(3), pmdaDaemon(3), pmdaDSO(3) and pmLookupDesc(3).

Performance Co-Pilot                                   PCP                                           PMDADESC(3)