lttng-destroy(1)
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:revdate: 17 May 2021


NAME
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lttng-destroy - Destroy LTTng tracing sessions


SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *destroy* [option:--no-wait] [option:--all | 'SESSION']


DESCRIPTION
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The `lttng destroy` command destroys:

With the 'SESSION' argument::
    The tracing session named 'SESSION'.

With the option:--all option::
    *All* the tracing 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)).
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See the ``Session daemon connection'' section of man:lttng(1) to learn
how a user application connects to a session daemon.

Otherwise::
    The current tracing session (see man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more
    about the current tracing session).
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In that case, the current tracing session becomes nonexistent.

See man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more about tracing sessions.

``Destroying'' a tracing 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 tracing
session mode.

The `destroy` command stops any tracing activity within the selected
tracing session(s). By default, the command runs an implicit
man:lttng-stop(1) command to ensure that the trace data of the tracing
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 tracing session{nbsp}__TS__ to destroy with the `destroy`
command, the following statements are true:

* You don't specify the option:--no-wait option.

* LTTng archived the current trace chunk (see man:lttng-concepts(7))
  of{nbsp}__TS__ at least once during its lifetime.

Then all the subdirectories of the output directory of{nbsp}__TS__
(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 the tracing 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 tracing session or the
    tracing session named 'SESSION'.

option:-n, option:--no-wait::
    Do :not: ensure that the trace data of the tracing session(s) to
    destroy is valid before exiting.


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


include::common-lttng-cmd-after-options.txt[]


[[examples]]
EXAMPLES
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.Destroy the current tracing session.
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[role="term"]
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$ lttng destroy
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====

.Destroy the current tracing session without waiting for completion.
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See the option:--no-wait option.

[role="term"]
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$ lttng destroy --no-wait
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====

.Destroy a specific tracing session.
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[role="term"]
----
$ lttng destroy my-session
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====

.Destroy all tracing sessions.
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See the option:--all option.

[role="term"]
----
$ lttng destroy --all
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====


include::common-footer.txt[]


SEE ALSO
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man:lttng(1),
man:lttng-create(1),
man:lttng-list(1),
man:lttng-concepts(7)