---
name: "pmconfig"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pcp"
version: "7.2.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pmconfig"
---

# pmconfig(1)

Performance Co-Pilot configuration parameters

## NAME

**pmconfig** - Performance Co-Pilot configuration parameters

## SYNOPSIS

**$PCP\_BINADM\_DIR/pmconfig** \[**-alLs?**\] \[*name ...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pmconfig** displays the values for some or all configuration parameters of the local Performance Co-Pilot toolkit installation.

## OPTIONS

The available command line options are:

- **-a**, **--all**

  Reports all configuration parameters in the default format.

- **-l**, **--list**

  Synonym for the **-a** option, reports the same (default) format.

- **-L**, **--library**

  This option changes the default reporting mode so that the capabilities of the PCP library are reported, rather than the PCP environment.

- **-s**, **--shell**

  An output format suitable for sourcing in shell scripts which ensures configuration information is quoted and preceded by an export statement. When not reporting the library capabilities, this mode will produce a statement that does not override an existing setting in the environment for PCP configuration variables.

- **-?**, **--help**

  Display usage message and exit.

In the default operating mode, **pmconfig** is often used in conjunction with the **$PCP\_DIR** environment variable to setup scripts running under the Windows operating system, where the filesystem hierarchy differs greatly to the of Linux/UNIX-based operating systems.

## 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)](/pcp.conf/5.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**pmGetConfig**(3)](/pmGetConfig/3.md), [**pcp.conf**(5)](/pcp.conf/5.md) and [**pcp.env**(5)](/pcp.env/5.md).