Document tracing session rotation features
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1lttng-stop(1)
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5NAME
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7lttng-stop - Stop LTTng tracers
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10SYNOPSIS
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12[verse]
13*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *stop* [option:--no-wait] ['SESSION']
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15
16DESCRIPTION
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18The `lttng stop` command stops the various LTTng tracers for a given
19active tracing session.
20
21Stopping the LTTng tracers has the effect that all enabled event rules
22within enabled channels cannot make event sources _emit_ trace events
23anymore.
24
25A tracing session with no running tracers is said to be _inactive_.
26Inactive tracing sessions can be set active using the
27man:lttng-start(1) command.
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29If 'SESSION' is omitted, the LTTng tracers are stopped for the current
30tracing session (see man:lttng-create(1) for more information
31about the current tracing session). Otherwise, they are stopped for the
32existing tracing session named 'SESSION'. `lttng list`
33outputs all the existing tracing sessions (see man:lttng-list(1)).
34
35By default, the `lttng stop` command ensures that the tracing session's
36trace data is valid before returning to the prompt. With the
37option:--no-wait option, the command finishes immediately, hence a local
38trace might not be valid when the command is done. In this case, there
39is no way to know when the trace becomes valid.
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41If at least one rotation occurred during the chosen tracing session's
42lifetime (see man:lttng-rotate(1) and man:lttng-enable-rotation(1)), the
43`lttng stop` command renames the current trace chunk subdirectory and
44prints the renamed path. Although it is safe to read the content of this
45renamed subdirectory while the tracing session remains inactive (until
46the next man:lttng-start(1)), it is :not: a trace chunk archive: you
47need to destroy the tracing session with man:lttng-destroy(1) or make
48a rotation with man:lttng-rotate(1) to archive it.
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50
51include::common-cmd-options-head.txt[]
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54option:-n, option:--no-wait::
55 Do not ensure that the chosen tracing session's trace data is valid
56 before returning to the prompt.
57
58
59include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]
60
61
62include::common-cmd-footer.txt[]
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64
65SEE ALSO
66--------
67man:lttng-start(1),
68man:lttng(1)
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