From 9486a18c06e5fb12b7d098aef9c17a4bfebe8c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:50:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update text-based metadata header: "/* TSDL" is sufficient Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- common-trace-format-specification.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.34.1