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.TH PMLOGPASTE 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmlogpaste\f1 \- paste text into a metric in a PCP archive
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f3pmlogpaste\f1
[\f3\-?\f1]
[\f3\-f\f1 \f2file\f1]
[\f3\-h\f1 \f2hostname\f1]
[\f3\-m\f1 \f2metric\f1]
[\f3\-o\f1 \f2outfile\f1]
[\f3\-t\f1 \f2timezone\f1]
[\f3\-l\f1 \f2label\f1]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmlogpaste
takes input text from a file or the command line, and writes it as
a metric value in a new PCP archive.
This metric value is timestamped with the current time, and is stored
as a string type metric.
.PP
The main purpose of this tool is to take captured output and preserve
this in a PCP archive.
This allows, for example, the output of a benchmark run to be stored
along with performance metrics captured during that run, in a single
archive.
Archives can be merged using the
.BR pmlogextract (1)
utility.
.PP
.B pmlogpaste
uses the
.BR LOGIMPORT (3)
library interfaces internally, which support the creation of archives
from external sources of performance data.
.SH OPTIONS
The available command line options are:
.TP
\fB\-h\fR \fIhostname\fR, \fB\-\-hostname\fR=\fIhostname\fR
source host name for a LOGIMPORT archive.
The default value is the local host name, or ``localhost''
if that cannot be obtained.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR \fItimezone\fR, \fB\-\-timezone\fR=\fItimezone\fR
source timezone for a LOGIMPORT archive.
The default value is the local timezone.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR \fImetric\fR, \fB\-\-metric\fR=\fImetric\fR
metric name for a LOGIMPORT archive.
The default metric name is
.IR paste.value .
.TP
\fB\-f\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIfile\fR
file with input text to be archived, or ``-'' for standard input.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR \fIoutfile\fR, \fB\-\-outfile\fR=\fIoutfile\fR
archive output file.
The default archive name is
.IR paste .
.TP
\fB\-l\fR \fIlabel\fR, \fB\-\-label\fR=\fIlabel\fR
Add context labels to the generated archive.
This option can be presented multiple times to produce multiple
labels in the archive.
The
.I label
should be in the form
.IR name:value .
.TP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display usage message and exit.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
All are generated on standard error and are intended to be
self-explanatory.
.SH PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix \fBPCP_\fP are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP.
On each installation, the
file \fI/etc/pcp.conf\fP contains the local values for these variables.
The \fB$PCP_CONF\fP variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in \fBpcp.conf\fP(5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PCPIntro (1),
.BR pmcd (1),
.BR pmlogextract (1)
and
.BR LOGIMPORT (3).