NAME

       pmLookupInDomArchive  - translate an instance name into an
       instance identifier


C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmLookupInDomArchive(pmInDom indom, const char *name)

       cc ... -lpcp


DESCRIPTION

       Provided the current Performance Metrics Application  Pro­
       gramming  Interface  (PMAPI) context is associated with an
       archive log, pmLookupInDomArchive will scan the  union  of
       all  the  instance domain metadata for the instance domain
       indom, locate the first instance with the external identi­
       fication  given  by name, and return the internal instance
       identifier.

       This routine is a specialized version of the more  general
       PMAPI routine pmLookupInDom.

       Only the leading non-space characters of name will be used
       to identify the instance.

       The value for  the  instance  domain  indom  is  typically
       extracted  from  a  pmDesc  structure, following a call to
       pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular performance metric.

       pmLookupInDomArchive will return a positive instance iden­
       tifier on success.


SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3),       pmGetConfig(3),      pmGetInDomArchive(3),
       pmLookupDesc(3), pmLookupInDom(3),  pmNameInDomArchive(3),
       pcp.conf(4) and pcp.env(4).


DIAGNOSTICS

       PM_ERR_NOTARCHIVE
              the current PMAPI context is not associated with an
              archive log

       PM_ERR_INDOM_LOG
              indom is not a defined instance  domain  identifier
              for the archive log

       PM_ERR_INST_LOG
              the  external  instance  name  is not known for the
              instance domain indom in the archive log


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