X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?p=ctf.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=common-trace-format-specification.txt;h=da33bf30abed49ca3b7f7bb33be3aba027253125;hp=19194c840c706db912caf72185403f2c5345b7cd;hb=9486a18c06e5fb12b7d098aef9c17a4bfebe8c2e;hpb=1b4d35ebc2a93f67d67f3327eec63cc221ef91f3 diff --git a/common-trace-format-specification.txt b/common-trace-format-specification.txt index 19194c8..da33bf3 100644 --- a/common-trace-format-specification.txt +++ b/common-trace-format-specification.txt @@ -935,12 +935,14 @@ tracer. The text-only meta-data file is a plain-text TSDL description. This file must begin with the following characters to identify the file as a CTF -TSDL text-based metadata file: +TSDL text-based metadata file (without the double-quotes) : -/* TSDL */ +"/* TSDL" These characters allow automated discovery of file type. They are -interpreted as a comment by the TSDL metadata parser. +interpreted as a the beginning of a comment by the TSDL metadata parser. +The comment can be continued to contain extra commented characters +before it is closed. The packet-based meta-data is made of "meta-data packets", which each start with a meta-data packet header. The packet-based meta-data