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+'\"! tbl | mmdoc
+'\"macro stdmacro
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+.\" 
+.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+.\" under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+.\" Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+.\" option) any later version.
+.\" 
+.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+.\" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+.\" or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+.\" for more details.
+.\" 
+.\"
+.TH PCP.ENV 5 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
+.SH NAME
+\f3pcp.env\f1 \- script to set Performance Co-Pilot run-time environment variables
+.\" literals use .B or \f3
+.\" arguments use .I or \f2
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.I /etc/pcp.env
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.I pcp.env
+script is sourced by assorted Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) scripts
+and utilities to define the PCP operating environment variables.
+The conjugate for executable programs using the PCP libraries is the
+.IR __pmGetConfig (3)
+function.
+.PP
+Typical usage of
+.I pcp.env 
+in a script is as follows :
+.IP 
+  #! /bin/sh
+
+  # source the PCP environment variables
+  . /etc/pcp.env
+  rest of script ...
+
+.PP
+The full syntax and semantics of the
+.I pcp.conf
+file and the
+.I __pmGetConfig
+function are described in their respective reference pages.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The
+.B PCP_CONF
+environment variable specifies an alternative path to the
+.I pcp.conf
+file.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR PCPIntro (1),
+.BR PCPIntro (3),
+.BR PMAPI (3),
+.BR __pmGetConfig (3)
+and
+.BR pcp.conf (5).