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.TH PMIUSECONTEXT 3 "" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmiUseContext\f1 \- change LOGIMPORT context
.SH "C SYNOPSIS"
.ft 3
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>
.br
#include <pcp/import.h>
.sp
int pmiUseContext(int \fIcontext\fP);
.sp
cc ... \-lpcp_import \-lpcp
.ft 1
.SH "Perl SYNOPSIS"
.ft 3
use PCP::LogImport;
.sp
pmiUseContext($\fIcontext\fP);
.ft 1
.SH DESCRIPTION
As part of the Performance Co-Pilot Log Import API (see
.BR LOGIMPORT (3)),
.B pmiUseContext
may be used by applications wishing to generate more than
one PCP archive concurrently.
.PP
The
.I context
argument is a value returned from a previous call to
.BR pmStart (3)
and on successful return from
.BR pmiUseContext ,
the current context will have been changed to the one identified
by
.IR context .
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.B pmiUseContext
returns zero on success else a negative value that can be turned into an
error message by calling
.BR pmiErrStr (3).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR LOGIMPORT (3),
.BR pmiErrStr (3)
and
.BR pmiStart (3).