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5NAME
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5d231d82 7lttng - LTTng 2 tracer control command-line tool
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10SYNOPSIS
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12[verse]
13*lttng* [option:--group='GROUP'] [option:--mi='TYPE'] [option:--no-sessiond | option:--sessiond-path='PATH']
790e4a4c 14 [option:--quiet | option:-v | option:-vv | option:-vvv] '<<commands,COMMAND>>' ['COMMAND OPTIONS']
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17DESCRIPTION
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19The http://lttng.org/[_Linux Trace Toolkit: next generation_] is an open
20source software package used for correlated tracing of the Linux kernel,
21user applications, and user libraries.
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23LTTng consists of Linux kernel modules (for Linux kernel tracing) and
24dynamically loaded libraries (for user application and library tracing).
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26An LTTng _session daemon_, linklttng:lttng-sessiond(8), receives
27commands from the command-line interface `lttng` to control the LTTng
28tracers. All interactions with the LTTng tracers happen through the
29`lttng` tool or through the liblttng-ctl library shipped with the
30LTTng-tools package.
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32A _tracing domain_ is a tracer category. There are five available
33domains. For some commands, the domain needs to be specified with a
34command-line option. The domain options are:
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b5217c86 36nloption:-j, nloption:--jul::
5d231d82 37 Apply command to the `java.util.logging` (JUL) domain.
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b5217c86 39nloption:-k, nloption:--kernel::
5d231d82 40 Apply command to the Linux kernel domain.
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b5217c86 42nloption:-l, nloption:--log4j::
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43 Apply command to the https://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/[Apache log4j 1.2]
44 (Java) domain.
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b5217c86 46nloption:-p, nloption:--python::
edb4fc87 47 Apply command to the https://www.python.org/[Python] domain.
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b5217c86 49nloption:-u, nloption:--userspace::
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50 Apply command to the user space domain (application using
51 liblttng-ust directly; see linklttng:lttng-ust(3)).
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53The LTTng session daemon is a tracing registry which allows the user to
54interact with multiple tracers (kernel and user space) within the same
55container, a _tracing session_. Traces can be gathered from the Linux
56kernel and/or from instrumented applications (see
57linklttng:lttng-ust(3)). You can aggregate and read the events of LTTng
58traces using linklttng:babeltrace(1).
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60To trace the Linux kernel, the session daemon needs to be running as
61`root`. LTTng uses a _tracing group_ to allow specific users to interact
62with the root session daemon. The default tracing group name is
63`tracing`. You can use the option:--group option to set the tracing
64group name to use.
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66Session daemons can coexist. You can have a session daemon running as
67user Alice that can be used to trace her applications alongside a root
68session daemon or a session daemon running as user Bob.
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70NOTE: It is highly recommended to start the session daemon at boot time
71for stable and long-term tracing.
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73User applications instrumented with LTTng automatically register to the
74root session daemon and to user session daemons. This allows any session
75daemon to list the available traceable applications and event sources
76(see linklttng:lttng-list(1)).
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78By default, the linklttng:lttng-create(1) command automatically spawns a
79user session daemon if none is currently running. The
80option:--no-sessiond general option can be set to avoid this.
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83OPTIONS
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85option:-g, option:--group='GROUP'::
86 Use 'GROUP' as Unix tracing group (default: `tracing`).
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88option:-m, option:--mi='TYPE'::
89 Print the command's result using the machine interface type 'TYPE'
90 instead of a human-readable output.
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92Supported types: `xml`.
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94The machine interface (MI) mode converts the traditional pretty-printing
95to a machine output syntax. The MI mode provides a change-resistant way
96to access information generated by the `lttng` command-line program.
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98When using the MI mode, the data is printed to the standard output.
99Errors and warnings are printed on the standard error with the
100pretty-print default format.
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102If any error occurs during the execution of a command, the return value
103of the command will be different than 0. In this case, `lttng` does
104:not: guarantee the syntax and data validity of the generated MI output.
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106For the `xml` MI type, an XML schema definition (XSD) file used for
107validation is available: see the `src/common/mi_lttng.xsd` file in
108the LTTng-tools source tree.
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110option:-n, option:--no-sessiond::
111 Do not automatically spawn a session daemon.
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113option:-q, option:--quiet::
114 Suppress all messages, including warnings and errors.
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116option:--sessiond-path='PATH'::
117 Set the session daemon binary's absolute path to 'PATH'.
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119option:-v, option:--verbose::
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122Three levels of verbosity are available, which are triggered by
123appending additional `v` letters to the option
124(that is, `-vv` and `-vvv`).
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127Program information
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129option:-h, option:--help::
130 Show help.
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132option:--list-commands::
133 List available commands.
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135option:--list-options::
136 List available general options.
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138option:-V, option:--version::
139 Show version.
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143COMMANDS
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b5217c86 145The following commands also have their own nloption:--help option.
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148Tracing sessions
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150linklttng:lttng-create(1)::
151 Create a tracing session.
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153linklttng:lttng-destroy(1)::
154 Tear down tracing sessions.
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156linklttng:lttng-load(1)::
157 Load tracing session configurations.
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159linklttng:lttng-metadata(1)::
160 Manage an LTTng tracing session's metadata generation.
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162linklttng:lttng-save(1)::
163 Save tracing session configurations.
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165linklttng:lttng-set-session(1)::
166 Set current tracing session.
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169Channels
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171linklttng:lttng-add-context(1)::
172 Add context fields to a channel.
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174linklttng:lttng-disable-channel(1)::
175 Disable tracing channels.
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177linklttng:lttng-enable-channel(1)::
178 Create or enable tracing channels.
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181Event rules
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183linklttng:lttng-disable-event(1)::
184 Disable event rules.
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186linklttng:lttng-enable-event(1)::
187 Create or enable event rules.
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190Status
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192linklttng:lttng-list(1)::
193 List tracing sessions, domains, channels, and events.
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195linklttng:lttng-status(1)::
196 Get the status of the current tracing session.
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199Control
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201linklttng:lttng-snapshot(1)::
202 Snapshot buffers of current tracing session.
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204linklttng:lttng-start(1)::
205 Start tracing.
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207linklttng:lttng-stop(1)::
208 Stop tracing.
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211Resource tracking
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213linklttng:lttng-track(1)::
214 Track specific system resources.
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216linklttng:lttng-untrack(1)::
217 Untrack specific system resources.
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220Miscellaneous
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222linklttng:lttng-calibrate(1)::
223 Quantify LTTng overhead.
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225linklttng:lttng-help(1)::
226 Display help information about a command.
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228linklttng:lttng-version(1)::
229 Show version information.
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231linklttng:lttng-view(1)::
232 Start trace viewer.
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238SEE ALSO
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240linklttng:lttng-sessiond(8),
241linklttng:lttng-relayd(8),
242linklttng:lttng-crash(1),
243linklttng:lttng-ust(3),
244linklttng:babeltrace(1)
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