NAME
pmdaDesc - get the description of a metric from a PMDA
C SYNOPSIS
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
#include <pcp/impl.h>
#include <pcp/pmda.h>
int pmdaDesc(pmID pmid, pmDesc *desc, pmdaExt *pmda);
cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp
DESCRIPTION
pmdaDesc uses the standard PMDA(3) data structures to
return the pmDesc description in desc for the metric iden
tified by pmid.
DIAGNOSTICS
If the pmid does not correspond to any metric supported by
this PMDA, pmdaDesc returns PM_ERR_PMID.
CAVEAT
The PMDA must be using PMDA_INTERFACE_2 or later, as spec
ified in the call to pmdaDSO(3) or pmdaDaemon(3).
SEE ALSO
PMAPI(3), PMDA(3), pmdaDaemon(3), pmdaDSO(3) and
pmLookupDesc(3).
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