X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lttng%2Flttng.c;fp=lttng%2Flttng.c;h=45a6fa0be1f961f84dfe10c74fcd9d8a8d0ec721;hp=d0f23579d4af38db63ba9ec2e9f76aaa7155b299;hb=bcfa8a05018b339b9b5609fe975a3a7b29cc0c6e;hpb=ec8f26de70d4862d4fad73f844c19fabf30b19c8

diff --git a/lttng/lttng.c b/lttng/lttng.c
index d0f23579d..45a6fa0be 100644
--- a/lttng/lttng.c
+++ b/lttng/lttng.c
@@ -359,6 +359,23 @@ end:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check for the "help" option in the argv. If found, return 1 else return 0.
+ */
+static int check_help_command(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		if ((strncmp(argv[i], "-h", 2) == 0) ||
+				strncmp(argv[i], "--h", 3)) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  *  parse_args
  *
@@ -414,7 +431,8 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* Spawn session daemon if needed */
-	if (opt_no_sessiond == 0 && (check_sessiond() < 0)) {
+	if (opt_no_sessiond == 0 && check_help_command(argc, argv) == 0 &&
+			(check_sessiond() < 0)) {
 		goto error;
 	}