pcp.env (5)

Script to set performance co-pilot run-time environment variables

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SYNOPSIS

/etc/pcp.env

DESCRIPTION

The pcp.env script is sourced by assorted Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) scripts and utilities to define the PCP operating environment variables. The conjugate for executable programs using the PCP libraries is the __pmGetConfig(3) function.

Typical usage of pcp.env in a script is as follows :

  •   #! /bin/sh

      # source the PCP environment variables
  . /etc/pcp.env
  rest of script ...

The full syntax and semantics of the pcp.conf file and the __pmGetConfig function are described in their respective reference pages.

ENVIRONMENT

The PCP_CONF environment variable specifies an alternative path to the pcp.conf file.

RELATED TO pcp.env…

PCPIntro(1), PCPIntro(3), PMAPI(3), __pmGetConfig(3) and pcp.conf(5).