pmDerivedErrStr(3)

pmDerivedErrStr3

Return error message from failure to parse derived metric definition

C synopsis

#include <pcp/pmapi.h>

char *pmDerivedErrStr(void);

cc ... -lpcp

Overview

When pmRegisterDerived(3) is called to add a new derived metric definition and an error occurs, pmDerivedErrStr may be called to return the associated error message.

The pmRegisterDerivedMetric interface provides a convenience wrapper around both pmRegisterDerived and pmDerivedErrStr.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 11–13
  5. Arch

From pcp 7.2.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.