1PMSETPROGNAME(3) Library Functions Manual PMSETPROGNAME(3)
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6 pmSetProgname, pmGetProgname - application name services
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9 #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
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11 void pmSetProgname(const char *program);
12 char *pmGetProgname(void);
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17 Within the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) run-time libraries the name of a
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21 The default application name is pcp.
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23 pmSetProgname may be used to set the application name to program after
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32 pmGetProgname may be used to return the current application name.
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