NAME¶

pcp.env - script to set Performance Co-Pilot run-time environment variables

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.

SEE ALSO¶

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