PMPRINTVALUE(3)

NAME
pmPrintValue - print a performance metric value

C SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>

void pmPrintValue(FILE *f,
int valfmt, int type, const pmValue *val, int minwidth);

cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION
The value of a single performance metric (as identified by val) is printed on the standard I/O stream identified by f.

The value of the performance metric is interpreted according to the format of val as defined by valfmt (from a within a structure; see pmFetch(3)) and the generic description of the metrics type passed in via type.

The value for type is typically extracted from a structure, following a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a particular performance metric.

The output will be optionally padded to be at least minwidth characters wide.

pmPrintValue is most useful for displaying values of performance metrics from pmFetch(3) (which returns a set of valfmt and val pairs for each requested metric), based upon the metrics type as returned from pmLookupDesc(3).

ENVIRONMENT
Output of string metric values can be further controlled using PCP_SQUASH_NEWLINES. When set in the environment of the calling process, and the type is set to PM_TYPE_STRING or PM_TYPE_AGGREGATE, then the output value is guaranteed to be free of embedded newline characters. If the given value contained such characters, they will have been replaced by a space before being printed.

SEE ALSO
PMAPI(3), pmAtomStr(3), pmConvScale(3), pmExtractValue(3), pmFetch(3), pmLookupDesc(3), pmTypeStr(3) and pmUnitsStr(3).