pmlogger control file

[Alan Bailey <abailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did the format of the pmlogger control file get changed without the
documentation getting changed?

I'm setting up a logging machine to log a few metrics from a bunch of
hosts.  When I have the control file setup the way the documentation
explains, it grabs one of the 'n's as the directory name, and creates it.  
It then uses 'n' for the directories for each host, which is invalid also.
Should there just be one 'n' in the config file?  It seems to work that
way.

I'm running pcp-2.1.10 on RH 6.2.

Thanks for any help,
Alan

output below:
------------

[root@lanner abailey]# cat /var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster 
ntsc1033  n  n  PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/ntsc1033  -c config.cluster
ntsc1034  n  n  PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/ntsc1034  -c config.cluster
ntsc1035  n  n  PCP_LOG_DIR/pmlogger/ntsc1035  -c config.cluster
[root@lanner abailey]# /usr/share/pcp/bin/pmlogger_check -c
/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster 
pmlogger_check [/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster:1]
Warning: creating directory (n) for PCP archive files
Restarting pmlogger for host "ntsc1033" ... timed out waiting!
        Usage: pmlogger [options] archive
        
        Options:
          -c configfile file to load configuration from
          -h host       metrics source is PMCD on host
          -l logfile    redirect diagnostics and trace output
          -L            linger, even if not primary logger instance and
nothing to log
          -n pmnsfile   use an alternative PMNS
          -P            execute as primary logger instance
          -r            report record sizes and archive growth rate
          -s endsize    terminate after endsize has been accumulated
          -t interval   default logging interval [default 60.0 seconds]
          -T endtime    terminate at given time
          -v volsize    switch log volumes after volsize has been
accumulated
          -V version    generate version 1 or 2 archives (default is 2)
          -x fd         control file descriptor for application launching
pmlogger
                        via pmRecordControl(3)
pmlogger_check: Error: cannot find pmlogger output file at "pmlogger.log"
Directory (/home/abailey/n) contents:
total 8
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     root         4096 Oct 31 14:09 .
drwx------   18 abailey  abailey      4096 Oct 31 14:09 ..
----------    1 root     root            0 Oct 31 14:09 lock
pmlogger_check: Error: archive file 20001031.14.09.0 missing
Directory (/home/abailey/n) contents:
total 8
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     root         4096 Oct 31 14:09 .
drwx------   18 abailey  abailey      4096 Oct 31 14:09 ..
----------    1 root     root            0 Oct 31 14:09 lock
pmlogger_check [/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster:2]
Warning: creating directory (n) for PCP archive files
pmlogger_check: [/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster:2]
Error: Cannot start more than one pmlogger instance for archive directory
"n"
... logging for host "ntsc1034" unchanged
pmlogger_check: [/var/pcp/config/pmlogger/control.cluster:3]
Error: Cannot start more than one pmlogger instance for archive directory
"n"
... logging for host "ntsc1035" unchanged
[root@lanner abailey]#