NAME

       pmdaDaemon - initialize the PMDA to run as a daemon

C SYNOPSIS

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

       void pmdaDaemon(pmdaInterface *dispatch, int interface, char *name, int domain, char *logfile,
               char *helptext);

       cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       pmdaDaemon initializes the pmdaInterface structure to use the interface extensions assuming  the  PMDA(3)
       is to be run as a daemon.  The pmdaInterface structure is initialized with:

       name           The name of the agent.

       domain         The  default  domain  number  of  the agent which uniquely identifies this PMDA from other
                      running PMDAs.  This may be  subsequently  changed  by  a  command  line  option  -d  (see
                      pmdaGetOpt(3)).

       logfile        The  default  path to the log file.  This may be replaced by the -l command line option if
                      using pmdaGetOpt.

       helptext       The default path to the help text (see pmdaText(3).   This  may  be  replaced  by  the  -h
                      command  line option if using pmdaGetOpt(3).  If no help text is installed, or you are not
                      using pmdaText(3), then this should be set to NULL.

       The callbacks are initialized to pmdaProfile(3), pmdaFetch(3), pmdaDesc(3), pmdaText(3),  pmdaInstance(3)
       and pmdaStore(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

       Unable to allocate memory for pmdaExt structure
                      In addition, the dispatch->status field is set to a value less than zero.

       PMDA interface version interface not supported
                      The interface version is not supported by pmdaDaemon.

CAVEAT

       The PMDA must be using PMDA_INTERFACE_2 or later.

SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3), PMDA(3), pmdaDSO(3), pmdaGetOpt(3) and pmdaText(3).