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pcp.env(5)


NAME

   pcp.env  -  script  to  set  Performance  Co-Pilot run-time environment
   variables

SYNOPSIS

   /etc/pcp.env

DESCRIPTION

   The pcp.env script is sourced by assorted  Performance  Co-Pilot  (PCP)
   scripts   and   utilities  to  define  the  PCP  operating  environment
   variables.   The  conjugate  for  executable  programs  using  the  PCP
   libraries is the __pmGetConfig(3) function.

   Typical usage of pcp.env in a script is as follows :

            #! /bin/sh

            # source the PCP environment variables
            . /etc/pcp.env
            rest of script ...

   The   full   syntax   and  semantics  of  the  pcp.conf  file  and  the
   __pmGetConfig function are  described  in  their  respective  reference
   pages.

   If  the  file  $HOME/.pcp/pcp.conf  exists  then this will be processed
   after the system-wide pcp.conf file.   This  provides  a  mechanism  to
   selectively modify or augment the environment settings for PCP scripts,
   which maybe useful if the scripts are run with sudo(1) which cleans the
   environment  of  important  settings  that  are  required to ensure the
   correct execution of the PCP scripts, e.g.  $PATH or $PERL5LIB.

ENVIRONMENT

   The PCP_CONF environment variable specifies an alternative path to  the
   pcp.conf file.

SEE ALSO

   PCPIntro(1),   sudo(1),  PCPIntro(3),  PMAPI(3),  __pmGetConfig(3)  and
   pcp.conf(5).



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