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NNNNEEEEWWWWHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP((((1111)))) NNNNEEEEWWWWHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP((((1111))))
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nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp - generate a performance metrics help database
SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
////uuuussssrrrr////ppppccccpppp////bbbbiiiinnnn////nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp [----VVVV] [----nnnn _p_m_n_s_f_i_l_e] [----oooo _o_u_t_p_u_t_f_i_l_e] [----vvvv _v_e_r_s_i_o_n]
[_f_i_l_e ...]
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp generates the Performance Co-Pilot help text files used by
Performance Metric Domain Agents (PMDAs).
Normally nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp operates on the default Performance Metrics Namespace
(PMNS), however if the ----nnnn option is specified an alternative namespace is
loaded from the file _p_m_n_s_f_i_l_e.
When there is only one input file, the base name of the new database is
derived from the name of the input _f_i_l_e, otherwise the ----oooo flag must be
given to explicitly name the database. If no input files are supplied,
nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp reads from the standard input stream, in which case the ----oooo flag
must be given.
If the output file name is determined to be ffffoooooooo, nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp will create
ffffoooooooo....ddddiiiirrrr and ffffoooooooo....ppppaaaagggg.
There are currently two help text file formats - the format used can be
specified using the ----vvvv option. Previous versions of PCP used nnnnddddbbbbmmmm(3B)
files to store the help text. This format may be selected using _v_e_r_s_i_o_n
1111, but is not recommended unless the associated PMDA uses the older
protocols and is linked with _l_i_b_p_c_p__p_m_d_a._s_o._1. This is the default
version so that pre-existing invocations of nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp will still work the
same way.
The current PCP version uses a more compact storage scheme for the help
text files, and this may be selected using _v_e_r_s_i_o_n 2222.
The ----VVVV flag causes verbose messages to be printed whilst nnnneeeewwwwhhhheeeellllpppp is
parsing its input.
The first line of each entry in a help source file consists of an ``@''
character beginning the line followed by a space and then the performance
metric name and a one line description of the metric. Following lines
(up to the next line beginning with ``@'' or end of file) may contain a
verbose help description. E.g.
#
# This is an example of newhelps input syntax
#
@ irix.kernel.all.cpu.idle CPU idle time
A cumulative count of the number of milliseconds
of CPU idle time, summed over all processors.
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NNNNEEEEWWWWHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP((((1111)))) NNNNEEEEWWWWHHHHEEEELLLLPPPP((((1111))))
Lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored, as are blank lines in the file
before the first ``@''. The verbose help text is optional.
As a special case, a ``metric'' name of the form _N_N_N._M_M (for numeric _N_N_N
and _M_M) is interpreted as an instance domain identification, and the text
describes the instance domain.
FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
////vvvvaaaarrrr////ppppccccpppp////ppppmmmmnnnnssss////* default PMNS specification files
SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
cccchhhhkkkkhhhheeeellllpppp(1), ppppmmmmcccchhhhaaaarrrrtttt(1), PPPPMMMMAAAAPPPPIIII(3), ppppmmmmLLLLooooooookkkkuuuuppppIIIInnnnDDDDoooommmmTTTTeeeexxxxtttt(3) and
ppppmmmmLLLLooooooookkkkuuuuppppTTTTeeeexxxxtttt(3).
DDDDIIIIAAAAGGGGNNNNOOOOSSSSTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS
PPPPaaaaggggeeee 2222