NAME

       pmcd_wait - wait for PMCD to accept client connections

SYNOPSIS

       $PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmcd_wait [-v?]  [-h host] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION

       pmcd_wait  waits  for  the Performance Metrics Collector Daemon (PMCD) to be running and accepting client
       connections.

       Unless directed to another host by the -h option, pmcd_wait will try to  contact  pmcd(1)  on  the  local
       host.

       pmcd_wait will timeout and abandon the attempt to connect to pmcd after 60 seconds.  This default timeout
       interval  may be changed using the -t option, where the interval argument follows the syntax described in
       PCPIntro(1) and in the simplest form may be an unsigned integer (the  implied  units  in  this  case  are
       seconds).

       On successful connection to pmcd an exit status of zero is returned.

       If an error or timeout occurs, then a non-zero exit status is returned as described below.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -h host, --host=host
            Connect pmcd(1) on host, rather than the one on the default localhost.

       -t timeout, --interval=timeout
            Timeout after timeout seconds if not connected.  The default timeout value is 60 seconds.

       -v, --verbose
            This  option turns the verbose mode on.  With the verbose mode off (which is the default), no output
            will be generated.  With verbose mode on, error messages will be output on stderr.

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Error messages will be output to stderr only if the verbose mode is on.

       The following exit status codes are returned:

       0      pmcd_wait was able to successfully connect to pmcd within the timeout period.

       1      A usage error occurred, use -v for more details.

       2      No connection was made in the timeout interval.  This will happen if pmcd is running but takes too
              long to complete the client connection, or if pmcd is not running and all connection  attempts  in
              the timeout interval failed with the error ECONNREFUSED.

       3      A UNIX error occurred, use -v for more details.

       4      A PCP error occurred, use -v for more details.

PCP ENVIRONMENT

       Environment  variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by
       PCP.  On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for  these  variables.   The
       $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), pcp.conf(5) and pcp.env(5).

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