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

# pmiestatus(1)

display information from pmie stats file

## NAME

**pmiestatus** - display information from pmie stats file

## SYNOPSIS

**pmiestatus** *statsfile* \[...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pmiestatus** displays information used to identify a running [**pmie**(1)](/pmie/1.md) process. It is mostly used by [**pmie\_check**(1)](/pmie_check/1.md) and [**pmie\_daily**(1)](/pmie_daily/1.md) when they hunt for instances of **pmie** to check against the control file.

## FILES

- *$PCP\_TMP\_DIR/pmie/\**

  pmie stats files

## 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

[**pmie**(1)](/pmie/1.md), [**pmie\_check**(1)](/pmie_check/1.md), [**pmie\_daily**(1)](/pmie_daily/1.md), [**pcp.conf**(5)](/pcp.conf/5.md) and [**pcp.env**(5)](/pcp.env/5.md).