-.TH "LTTNG" "1" "December 3rd, 2012" "" ""
+.TH "LTTNG" "1" "July 18th, 2013" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
lttng \(em LTTng 2.x tracer control command line tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
-.nf
lttng [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
-.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If no channel is given (\-c), the context is added to all channels that were
already enabled. If the session has no channel, a default channel is created.
-Otherwise the context will be added only to the given channel (\-c).
+If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is omitted, but a non-default channel already
+exists within the session, an error is returned. Otherwise the context
+will be added only to the given channel (\-c).
If \fB\-s, \-\-session\fP is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc
file.
A tracing event is always assigned to a channel. If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is
omitted, a default channel named '\fBchannel0\fP' is created and the event is
-added to it. For the user-space tracer, using \fB\-a, \-\-all\fP is the same as
-using the wildcard "*".
+added to it. If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is omitted, but a non-default
+channel already exists within the session, an error is returned. For the
+user-space tracer, using \fB\-a, \-\-all\fP is the same as using the
+wildcard "*".
If \fB\-s, \-\-session\fP is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc
file.
If \fB\-s, \-\-session\fP is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc
file.
+If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is omitted, the default channel name is used.
+If \fB\-c, \-\-channel\fP is omitted, but a non-default channel already
+exists within the session, an error is returned.
+
.B OPTIONS:
.TP
.BR "\-s, \-\-session NAME"
Apply on session name
.TP
+.BR "\-c, \-\-channel NAME"
+Apply on channel name
+.TP
.BR "\-a, \-\-all-events"
Disable all events. This does NOT disable "*" but rather every known
events of the session.
.RE
.PP
-.IP "\fBstop\fP [NAME] [OPTIONS]"
-.nf
+.PP
+\fBstop\fP [NAME] [OPTIONS]
+.RS
Stop tracing
It will stop tracing for all tracers for a specific tracing session. Before
behavior.
If NAME is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc file.
-.fi
.B OPTIONS:
-.nf
-\-h, \-\-help
- Show summary of possible options and commands.
-\-\-list-options
- Simple listing of options
-\-\-no-wait
- Don't wait for data availability.
-.fi
-
-.IP
+.TP
+.BR "\-h, \-\-help"
+Show summary of possible options and commands.
+.TP
+.BR "\-\-list-options"
+Simple listing of options
+.TP "\-\-no-wait"
+Don't wait for data availability.
+.RE
+.PP
-.IP "\fBversion\fP"
-.nf
+.PP
+\fBversion\fP
+.RS
Show version information
-.fi
.B OPTIONS:
-.nf
-\-h, \-\-help
- Show summary of possible options and commands.
-\-\-list-options
- Simple listing of options
-.fi
-
-.IP
-
-.IP "\fBview\fP [SESSION_NAME] [OPTIONS]"
-.nf
-View traces of a tracing session
-
-By default, the babeltrace viewer will be used for text viewing.
-
-If SESSION_NAME is omitted, the session name is taken from the .lttngrc file.
+.TP
+.BR "\-h, \-\-help"
+Show summary of possible options and commands.
+.TP
+.BR "\-\-list-options"
+Simple listing of options
+.RE
+.PP
-.fi
+.PP
+\fBview\fP [SESSION_NAME] [OPTIONS]
+.RS
+View traces of a tracing session. By default, the babeltrace viewer
+will be used for text viewing. If SESSION_NAME is omitted, the session
+name is taken from the .lttngrc file.
.B OPTIONS:
-.nf
-\-h, \-\-help
- Show this help
-\-\-list-options
- Simple listing of options
-\-t, \-\-trace-path PATH
- Trace directory path for the viewer
-\-e, \-\-viewer CMD
- Specify viewer and/or options to use
- This will completely override the default viewers so
- please make sure to specify the full command. The trace
- directory path of the session will be appended at the end
- to the arguments
-.fi
+.TP
+.BR "\-h, \-\-help"
+Show this help
+.TP
+.BR "\-\-list-options"
+Simple listing of options
+.TP
+.BR "\-t, \-\-trace-path PATH"
+Trace directory path for the viewer
+.TP
+.BR "\-e, \-\-viewer CMD"
+Specify viewer and/or options to use This will completely override the
+default viewers so please make sure to specify the full command. The
+trace directory path of the session will be appended at the end to the
+arguments
+.RE
+.PP
.SH "EXIT VALUES"
+.PP
On success 0 is returned and a positive value on error. Value of 1 means a command
error, 2 an undefined command, 3 a fatal error and 4 a command warning meaning that
something went wrong during the command.
Any other value above 10, please refer to
-.BR <lttng/lttng-error.h>
+.BR "<lttng/lttng-error.h>"
for a detailed list or use lttng_strerror() to get a human readable string of
the error code.
-
.PP
+
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.PP
.IP "LTTNG_SESSIOND_PATH"
Allows one to specify the full session daemon binary path to lttng command line
tool. You can also use \-\-sessiond-path option having the same effect.
+.PP
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR babeltrace(1),
.BR lttng-ust(3),
.BR lttng-sessiond(8),
.BR lttng-relayd(8),
.BR lttng-health-check(3)
+
.SH "BUGS"
+.PP
If you encounter any issues or usability problem, please report it on our
mailing list <lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org> to help improve this project or
at https://bugs.lttng.org which is a bugtracker.
+.PP
+
.SH "CREDITS"
.PP
projects / lttng-tools.git / blobdiff