NAME

mmv_inc_value - update a value in a Memory Mapped Value file

C SYNOPSIS

#include <pcopilot/pmapi.h>
#include <pcopilot/mmv_stats.h>

void mmv_inc_value(void *addr, pmAtomValue *val, double inc);

cc ... -lpcopilot_mmv -lpcopilot

DESCRIPTION

mmv_inc_value provides a convenient way of updating a value returned by the mmv_lookup_value_desc. addr is the address returned from mmv_stats_init().

The value of the inc is internally cast to match the type of the metric and then added to the previous value of the metric.

SEE ALSO

mmv_stats_init(3), mmv_lookup_value_desc(3) and mmv(5).