man: lttng-load fix up

[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..6c565329bdaf763dd5773c5ba222a1c43f574612 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ lttng-load - Load LTTng tracing session configurations
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]

-*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *load* [option:--force] [option:--input-path='PATH'] ['SESSION']
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *load* [option:--force] [option:--input-path='PATH']
+      [option:--override-url='URL'] ['SESSION']

 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 
 
 DESCRIPTION


@@ -27,23 +28,42 @@ 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:

 
 

-If the input path is a directory, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the
-tracing session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in all the
-files of this directory and loaded if found. If 'SESSION' is not
-specified, the option:--all option is implicit: all the tracing session
-configurations found in all the files in this directory are loaded.
+. `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions` (`$LTTNG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME`)
+. +{system_sessions_dir}+

 
 

-If the input path is a file, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing
-session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in this file and
-loaded if found. If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option
-is implicit: all the tracing session configurations found in this file
-are loaded.
+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.

 
 

-By default, existing tracing sessions are not overwritten when loading;
+If the input path is a *directory*, then:
+
+* If 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing session configuration named
+  'SESSION' is searched for in all the files of this directory and
+  loaded if found.
+* If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option is implicit:
+  all the tracing session configurations found in all the files in this
+  directory are loaded.
+
+If the input path is a *file*, then:
+
+* If 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing session configuration named
+  'SESSION' is searched for in this file and loaded if found.
+* If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option is implicit:
+  all the tracing session configurations found in this file are loaded.
+
+Aspects of the loaded configurations can be overridden at load time.
+
+option:--override-url::
+    Provides the equivalent of the option:--set-url option
+    of the (1)lttng-create command. The validity of the url override is
+    dependant on the type of session(s) to be loaded. Refer to (1)lttng-create for
+    the accepted URL format.
+
+By default, existing tracing sessions are not overwritten when loading:

 the command fails. The option:--force option can be used to allow this.
 
 
 the command fails. The option:--force option can be used to allow this.
 
 


@@ -57,9 +77,13 @@ 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.

 
 

+option:-U, option:--override-url='URL'::
+    Load tracing session configurations and apply an url override
+    while loading. Applies to all sessions loaded.

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