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6 QmcDesc - container for a metric description
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9 #include <QmcDesc.h>
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14 A QmcDesc object is a container for a metric descriptor (pmDesc, see
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18 ~QmcDesc();
19 Destructor.
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21 QmcDesc(pmID pmid);
22 Construct a container for the descriptor for pmid. The descriptor
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31 pmID id() const;
32 Return the pmID for this descriptor.
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34 pmDesc desc() const;
35 Return a copy of the actual metric descriptor.
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38 Return a pointer to the actual descriptor to avoid using a pointer
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42 const QString &units() const;
43 The complete unit string for this descriptor.
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46 The unit string using abbreviations.
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49 Returns true if the units have been set by a call to
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53 Return the scaling units for this descriptor.
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56 Set the scaling units for this descriptor.
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59 PMAPI(3), QMC(3), pmflush(3), pmLookupDesc(3) and pmprintf(3).
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62 Error messages are generated using pmprintf(3) but are not flushed. It
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