lttng-destroy(1)
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-:revdate: 18 January 2018
+:revdate: 14 June 2021
NAME
----
-lttng-destroy - Destroy an LTTng tracing session
+lttng-destroy - Destroy LTTng recording sessions
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-The `lttng destroy` command destroys one or more tracing sessions.
+The `lttng destroy` command destroys:
-If no options are specified, the current tracing session is destroyed
-(see man:lttng-create(1) for more information about the current
-tracing session).
+With the 'SESSION' argument::
+ The recording session named 'SESSION'.
-If 'SESSION' is specified, the existing tracing session named 'SESSION'
-is destroyed. `lttng list` outputs all the existing tracing sessions
-(see man:lttng-list(1)).
+With the option:--all option::
+ *All* the recording sessions of the connected session daemon for
+ your Unix user, or for all users if your Unix user is `root`, as
+ listed in the output of `lttng list` (see man:lttng-list(1)).
++
+See the ``Session daemon connection'' section of man:lttng(1) to learn
+how a user application connects to a session daemon.
-If the option:--all option is used, *all* the tracing sessions, as listed
-in the output of `lttng list`, are destroyed.
+Otherwise::
+ The current recording session (see man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn
+ more about the current recording session).
++
+In that case, the current recording session becomes nonexistent.
-Destroying a tracing session stops any tracing running within the
-latter. By default, the implicit man:lttng-stop(1) command invoked by
-the `lttng destroy` command ensures that the tracing session's trace
-data is valid before returning. With the option:--no-wait option, the
-man:lttng-stop(1) command finishes immediately, hence a local trace
-might not be valid when the command is done. In this case, there is no
-way to know when the trace becomes valid.
+See man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more about recording sessions.
-Destroying a tracing session does not destroy the recorded trace data,
-if any; it frees resources acquired by the session daemon and tracer
-side, making sure to flush all trace data.
+``Destroying'' a recording session means freeing the resources which the
+LTTng daemons and tracers acquired for it, also making sure to flush all
+the recorded trace data to either the local file system or the connected
+LTTng relay daemon (see man:lttng-relayd(8)), depending on the recording
+session mode.
-If at least one rotation occurred during the chosen tracing session's
-lifetime (see man:lttng-rotate(1) and man:lttng-enable-rotation(1)), and
-without the option:--no-wait option, all the tracing session's output
-directory's subdirectories are considered trace chunk archives once the
-command returns: it is safe to read them, modify them, move them, or
-remove them.
+The `destroy` command stops any recording activity within the selected
+recording session(s). By default, the command runs an implicit
+man:lttng-stop(1) command to ensure that the trace data of the recording
+session(s) is valid before it exits. Make the command exit immediately
+with the option:--no-wait option. In this case, however, the traces(s)
+might not be valid when the command exits, and there's no way to know
+when it/they become valid.
+If, for a recording session{nbsp}__RS__ to destroy with the `destroy`
+command, the following statements are true:
-include::common-cmd-options-head.txt[]
+* You don't specify the option:--no-wait option.
+
+* LTTng archived the current trace chunk (see man:lttng-concepts(7))
+ of{nbsp}__RS__ at least once during its lifetime.
+
+Then all the subdirectories of the output directory of{nbsp}__RS__
+(local or remote) are considered trace chunk archives once the `destroy`
+command exits. In other words, it's safe to read them, modify them, move
+them, or remove then.
+
+See the ``<<examples,EXAMPLES>>'' section below for usage examples.
+
+
+include::common-lttng-cmd-options-head.txt[]
option:-a, option:--all::
- Destroy all tracing sessions.
+ Destroy all the recording sessions of your Unix user, or of all
+ users if your Unix user is `root`, as listed in the output of
+ man:lttng-list(1), instead of the current recording session or the
+ recording session named 'SESSION'.
option:-n, option:--no-wait::
- Do not ensure that the chosen tracing session's trace data is valid
- before returning to the prompt.
+ Do :not: ensure that the trace data of the recording session(s) to
+ destroy is valid before exiting.
+
+include::common-lttng-cmd-help-options.txt[]
-include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]
+
+include::common-lttng-cmd-after-options.txt[]
+
+
+[[examples]]
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+.Destroy the current recording session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng destroy
+----
+====
+
+.Destroy the current recording session without waiting for completion.
+====
+See the option:--no-wait option.
+
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng destroy --no-wait
+----
+====
+
+.Destroy a specific recording session.
+====
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng destroy my-session
+----
+====
+
+.Destroy all recording sessions.
+====
+See the option:--all option.
+
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng destroy --all
+----
+====
-include::common-cmd-footer.txt[]
+include::common-footer.txt[]
SEE ALSO
--------
+man:lttng(1),
man:lttng-create(1),
-man:lttng-set-session(1),
-man:lttng(1)
+man:lttng-list(1),
+man:lttng-concepts(7)
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