1PMTYPESTR(3)               Library Functions Manual               PMTYPESTR(3)
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NAME

6       pmTypeStr,  pmTypeStr_r  -  convert  a  performance  metric type into a
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C SYNOPSIS

10       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
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12       const char *pmTypeStr(int type);
13       char *pmTypeStr_r(int type, char *buf, int buflen);
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DESCRIPTION

18       Given a performance metric  type,  pmTypeStr  produces  a  terse  ASCII
19       equivalent,  appropriate for use in error and diagnostic messages.  The
20       pmTypeStr_r function does the same, but stores the result  in  a  user-
21       supplied  buffer  buf  of  length buflen, which should have room for at
22       least 20 bytes.
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24       The value for type is typically extracted from a pmDesc structure, fol‐
25       lowing a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular performance metric.
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27       Examples  are  32  (for  type  equals PM_TYPE_32), U64 (for type equals
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NOTES

31       Both of these functions are safe to call from threaded contexts.
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SEE ALSO

34       PMAPI(3),   pmAtomStr(3),   pmConvScale(3),   pmExtractValue(3),    pm‐
35       LookupDesc(3),  pmPrintValue(3), pmIDStr(3), pmInDomStr(3), pmSemStr(3)
36       and pmUnitsStr(3).
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