lttng-load(1): specify default search order

[lttng-tools.git] / doc / man / lttng-load.1.txt

diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt b/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
index b0241b61cb6ba2df0d670c374786b0b14d6c44dc..1435defbdd70144067cb77467627e92f63254371 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ and more.
 Once one or more tracing session configurations are loaded, they appear
 exactly as they were saved from the user's point of view.
 
 Once one or more tracing session configurations are loaded, they appear
 exactly as they were saved from the user's point of view.
 

-The default input path is `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions`
-(`$LTTNG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME`). The input path can be
-overridden with the option:--input-path option.
+The following directories are searched, non-recursively, in this order
+for configuration files:
+
+. `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions` (`$LTTNG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME`)
+. +{system_sessions_dir}+
+
+The input path can be overridden with the option:--input-path option.
+When this option is specified, the default directories are :not:
+searched for configuration files. When it's not specified, _both_
+default directories are searched for configuration files.

 
 If the input path is a directory, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the
 tracing session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in all the
 
 If the input path is a directory, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the
 tracing session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in all the


@@ -57,8 +64,9 @@ option:-f, option:--force::
     Overwrite existing tracing sessions when loading.
 
 option:-i, option:--input-path='PATH'::
     Overwrite existing tracing sessions when loading.
 
 option:-i, option:--input-path='PATH'::

-    Set input path to 'PATH', either a directory or a file, in which
-    tracing session configurations are searched for.
+    Load tracing session configurations from 'PATH', either a directory
+    or a file, instead of loading them from the default search
+    directories.

 
 
 include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]
 
 
 include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]