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.TH PMDERIVEDERRSTR 3 "" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmDerivedErrStr\f1 \- return error message from failure to parse derived metric definition
.SH "C SYNOPSIS"
.ft 3
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
.sp
char *pmDerivedErrStr(void);
.sp
cc ... \-lpcp
.ft 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
When
.BR pmRegisterDerived (3)
is called to add a new derived metric definition and an error occurs,
.B pmDerivedErrStr
may be called to return the associated error message.
.PP
The
.B pmRegisterDerivedMetric
interface provides a convenience wrapper around both
.B pmRegisterDerived
and
.BR pmDerivedErrStr .
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PCPIntro (1),
.BR PMAPI (3)
and
.BR pmRegisterDerived (3).