event-rule: introduce event rule syscall

[lttng-tools.git] / doc / man / lttng-load.1.txt

diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt b/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
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--- a/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-load.1.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 lttng-load(1)
 =============
 lttng-load(1)
 =============

+:revdate: 28 November 2016

 
 
 NAME
 
 
 NAME


@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ lttng-load - Load LTTng tracing session configurations
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]

-*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *load* [option:--force] [option:--input-path='PATH'] ['SESSION']
+*lttng* ['linkgenoptions:(GENERAL OPTIONS)'] *load* [option:--force] [option:--input-path='PATH']
+      [option:--override-url='URL'] ['SESSION' [option:--override-name='NAME']]

 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 
 
 DESCRIPTION


@@ -27,23 +29,37 @@ and more.
 Once one or more tracing session configurations are loaded, they appear
 exactly as they were saved from the user's point of view.
 
 Once one or more tracing session configurations are loaded, they appear
 exactly as they were saved from the user's point of view.
 

-The default input path is `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions`
-(`$LTTNG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME`). The input path can be
-overridden with the option:--input-path option.
+The following directories are searched, non-recursively, in this order
+for configuration files:

 
 

-If the input path is a directory, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the
-tracing session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in all the
-files of this directory and loaded if found. If 'SESSION' is not
-specified, the option:--all option is implicit: all the tracing session
-configurations found in all the files in this directory are loaded.
+. `$LTTNG_HOME/.lttng/sessions` (`$LTTNG_HOME` defaults to `$HOME`)
+. +{system_sessions_dir}+

 
 

-If the input path is a file, then if 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing
-session configuration named 'SESSION' is searched in this file and
-loaded if found. If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option
-is implicit: all the tracing session configurations found in this file
-are loaded.
+The input path can be overridden with the option:--input-path option.
+When this option is specified, the default directories are :not:
+searched for configuration files. When it's not specified, _both_
+default directories are searched for configuration files.

 
 

-By default, existing tracing sessions are not overwritten when loading;
+If the input path is a *directory*, then:
+
+* If 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing session configuration named
+  'SESSION' is searched for in all the files of this directory and
+  loaded if found.
+* If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option is implicit:
+  all the tracing session configurations found in all the files in this
+  directory are loaded.
+
+If the input path is a *file*, then:
+
+* If 'SESSION' is specified, the tracing session configuration named
+  'SESSION' is searched for in this file and loaded if found.
+* If 'SESSION' is not specified, the option:--all option is implicit:
+  all the tracing session configurations found in this file are loaded.
+
+Aspects of the loaded configurations can be overridden at load time
+using the option:--override-url and option:--override-name options.
+
+By default, existing tracing sessions are not overwritten when loading:

 the command fails. The option:--force option can be used to allow this.
 
 
 the command fails. The option:--force option can be used to allow this.
 
 


@@ -56,9 +72,26 @@ option:-a, option:--all::
 option:-f, option:--force::
     Overwrite existing tracing sessions when loading.
 
 option:-f, option:--force::
     Overwrite existing tracing sessions when loading.
 

-option:-i, option:--input-path='PATH'::
-    Set input path to 'PATH', either a directory or a file, in which
-    tracing session configurations are searched for.
+option:-i 'PATH', option:--input-path='PATH'::
+    Load tracing session configurations from 'PATH', either a directory
+    or a file, instead of loading them from the default search
+    directories.
+
+option:--override-name='NAME'::
+    Override the name of the loaded tracing session configuration,
+    'SESSION', with 'NAME'.
++
+You must specify a tracing session name to load ('SESSION') and :not:
+use the option:--all option when using this option.
+
+option:--override-url='URL'::
+    Override the URL of the loaded tracing session configurations
+    with 'URL'.
++
+This is the equivalent of the nloption:--set-url option of
+man:lttng-create(1). The validity of the URL override depends on the
+type of tracing session configurations to load. This option applies to
+_all_ the loaded tracing session configurations.

 
 
 include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]
 
 
 include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]