PMIE_DUMP_STATS(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is the manual page for PMIE_DUMP_STATS(1), from the General Commands Manual — manual name folded in right here, bestie, so we can skip the boring header-line copy-paste. 💅

pmie_dump_stats — dump the contents of pmie stats files. That's the whole NAME-section serve. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the way you call it is literally:

$PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmie_dump_stats file [...]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so picture this: every pmie(1) process maintains a file of state and statistics in binary files inside the $PCP_TMP_DIR/pmie directory, and those files are named with the process' PID. 🫶

vibe check: these files are used by the pmcd PMDA to instantiate the pmcd.pmie performance metrics. no cap, that's their whole purpose.

pmie_dump_stats has main character energy: it's a stand alone utility that dumps the contents of these files in a terse, but script-friendly format. It is designed for use in the pmiectl(1) script. iykyk 💚

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• pmie(1)
• pmiectl(1)

go read those too, bestie — they're literally right there. 💖

cute footer sign-off: Performance Co-Pilot / PCP / PMIE_DUMP_STATS(1). The original footer doesn't list a date, so I'm not inventing one — just those exact footer facts, periodt. 🎀