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PMLOOKUPINDOM(3)         Library Functions Manual        PMLOOKUPINDOM(3)

NAME         top

       pmLookupInDom - translate an instance name into an instance
       identifier

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       int pmLookupInDom(pmInDom indom, const char *name);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       For  the instance domain indom, in the current Performance Metrics
       Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) context, locate the  in‐
       stance  with the external identification given by name, and return
       the internal instance identifier.

       Only the leading non-space characters of  name  will  be  used  to
       identify the instance.

       The  value  for  the  instance domain indom is typically extracted
       from a pmDesc structure, following a call to pmLookupDesc(3) for a
       particular performance metric.

       pmLookupInDom will return a positive instance identifier  on  suc‐
       cess.

DIAGNOSTICS         top

       PM_ERR_INDOM
              indom is not a valid instance domain identifier

       PM_ERR_INST
              The external instance name is not known for the instance
              domain indom in the current PMAPI context

SEE ALSO         top

       PMAPI(3), pmGetConfig(3), pmGetInDom(3), pmLookupDesc(3),
       pmLookupInDomArchive(3), pmNameInDom(3), pcp.conf(5) and
       pcp.env(5).

COLOPHON         top

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