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6 pmnsdel - delete a subtree of names from the Performance Co-Pilot PMNS
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9 $PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmnsdel [-?] [-n namespace] metricpath [ ... ]
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12 pmnsdel removes subtrees of names from a Performance Metrics Name Space
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15 Normally pmnsdel operates on the default Performance Metrics Name Space
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19 The default PMNS is found in the file $PCP_VAR_DIR/pmns/root unless the
20 environment variable PMNS_DEFAULT is set, in which case the value is
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23 The metric names to be deleted are all those for which one of the met‐
24 ricpath arguments is a prefix in the PMNS, see PMNS(5).
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26 All of the files defining the PMNS must be located within the directory
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31 Provided some initial integrity checks are satisfied, pmnsdel will
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33 original namespace is restored. Note that any PMNS files that are no
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41 Load an alternative Performance Metrics Name Space (PMNS(5)) from
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65 pmnsadd(1), pmnsmerge(1), pcp.conf(5), pcp.env(5) and PMNS(5).
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