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PMPARSEDEBUG(3)         Library Functions Manual         PMPARSEDEBUG(3)

NAME

       __pmParseDebug, __pmSetDebugBits - manipulate old-style PCP
       debugging control bit-fields

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
       #include <pcp/deprecated.h>

       int __pmParseDebug(const char *spec);
       void __pmSetDebugBits(int value);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       These routine have been deprecated and may be removed in a future
       Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) release.  Please refer to
       pmSetDebug(3) and pmClearDebug(3) for replacement functionality.

       __pmParseDebug parses spec assuming it to be a comma separated
       list of PCP debug flags.

       Each flag may be specified as an integer or the trailing portion
       of the symbolic name of the corresponding flag as reported by
       pmdbg(1).  Symbolic names are stripped of the ``DBG_TRACE_''
       prefix and may appear in either case.

       As a special case, the values ``-1'' and ``ALL'' are treated as
       synonyms for turning on all bits except the sign bit in the
       result, i.e. INT_MAX from <limits.h>.

       For example the debug option fetch is defined in the output from
       pmdbg(3) with the -L option and may be specified in spec as 2,
       FETCH or fetch.

       __pmSetDebugBits may be used to set the bit-fields directly using
       the encoding in value.  The effect is additive, so consecutive
       calls to __pmSetDebugBits will set the conjunction of the bits in
       the value arguments.  To clear the bit-fields, see
       pmClearDebug(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

       If successful, __pmParseDebug returns the value computed by the
       bit-wise ``or'' of each flag in the spec, suitable for assigning
       to the global debug trace control variable pmDebug.  Otherwise
       the return value is less than 0 to indicate a parsing error.

SEE ALSO

       pmdbg(1), pmSetDebug(3) and pmClearDebug(3).

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