X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman%2Flttng-sessiond.8.txt;fp=doc%2Fman%2Flttng-sessiond.8.txt;h=2bfce1c3744571fad962b1e9a083d75478509b0a;hp=fe8a9c66defdecc122df9717a1dbce8309396398;hb=e971184584781f70bbbfc52bbede8b9abf0436e5;hpb=da39b67ce2828bfc63a02db969048bfe1abd4ca0 diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-sessiond.8.txt b/doc/man/lttng-sessiond.8.txt index fe8a9c66d..2bfce1c37 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng-sessiond.8.txt +++ b/doc/man/lttng-sessiond.8.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ lttng-sessiond(8) ================= -:revdate: 21 April 2021 +:revdate: 14 June 2021 :daemon-bin-name: lttng-sessiond :daemon-ini-section: sessiond @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ include::common-intro.txt[] An LTTng session daemon, `lttng-sessiond`, is a program which: -* Manages tracing sessions (see man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more - about tracing sessions). +* Manages recording sessions (see man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more + about recording sessions). * Controls the various components (like tracers and consumer daemons) of LTTng. @@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ extra-kmod-probes=my-driver,other-module [[load]] -Tracing session configuration loading -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -When the session daemon starts, it loads tracing session configurations -from: +Recording session configuration loading +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +When the session daemon starts, it loads recording session +configurations from: Without the option:--load option:: In this order: @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ Without the option:--load option:: . All the files in +{system_sessions_auto_dir}+. -- + -`lttng-sessiond` only loads tracing configuration files from the -directories above if its UID and their UID are the same. +`lttng-sessiond` only loads recording session configuration files from +the directories above if its UID and their UID are the same. With the option:--load='PATH' option:: 'PATH' is a directory::: @@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ Members of the Unix tracing group may connect to the root session daemon and, therefore, control LTTng kernel tracing. option:-l 'PATH', option:--load='PATH':: - Load tracing session configurations from 'PATH', either a directory - or a file, instead of loading them from the default search + Load recording session configurations from 'PATH', either a + directory or a file, instead of loading them from the default search directories. + -See the ``<>'' section +See the ``<>'' section above. option:-S, option:--sig-parent:: @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ variable. Set to `0` or `-1` to use the timeout of the operating system (default). `LTTNG_SESSION_CONFIG_XSD_PATH`:: - Tracing session configuration XML schema definition (XSD) path. + Recording session configuration XML schema definition (XSD) path. FILES @@ -396,18 +396,18 @@ Override this path with the nloption:--output option of the man:lttng-create(1) command. `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions/auto`:: - Directory from which `lttng-sessiond` loads Unix user tracing + Directory from which `lttng-sessiond` loads Unix user recording session configurations when starting. + -See the ``<>'' section above -to learn more. +See the ``<>'' section +above to learn more. +{system_sessions_auto_dir}+:: - Directory from which `lttng-sessiond` loads system-wide tracing + Directory from which `lttng-sessiond` loads system-wide recording session configurations when starting. + -See the ``<>'' section above -to learn more. +See the ``<>'' section +above to learn more. `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/lttng.conf`:: Unix user's LTTng daemon INI configuration file.