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authorYao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>2013-03-14 09:02:30 +0000
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2013-03-14 Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com> Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> * Makefile.in (REMOTE_OBS): Add ctf.o. (SFILES): Add ctf.c. (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Add ctf.h. * ctf.c, ctf.h: New files. * tracepoint.c: Include 'ctf.h'. (collect_pseudocommand): Remove static. (trace_save_command): Parse option "-ctf". Produce different trace file writers per option. Adjust output message. (trace_save_tfile, trace_save_ctf): New. * tracepoint.h (trace_save_tfile, trace_save_ctf): Declare. * mi/mi-main.c: Include 'ctf.h'. (mi_cmd_trace_save): Handle option '-ctf'. Call either trace_save_tfile or trace_save_ctf. * NEWS: Mention these changes. gdb/doc/ 2013-03-14 Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com> Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (Trace Files): Add "tsave -ctf".
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-14 Hui Zhu <hui@codesourcery.com>
+ Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Trace Files): Add "tsave -ctf".
+
2013-03-13 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Add missing ')' for
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -12286,6 +12286,7 @@ of trace data, via the @code{target tfile} command.
@kindex tsave
@item tsave [ -r ] @var{filename}
+@itemx tsave [-ctf] @var{dirname}
Save the trace data to @var{filename}. By default, this command
assumes that @var{filename} refers to the host filesystem, so if
necessary @value{GDBN} will copy raw trace data up from the target and
@@ -12294,6 +12295,11 @@ optional argument @code{-r} (``remote'') to direct the target to save
the data directly into @var{filename} in its own filesystem, which may be
more efficient if the trace buffer is very large. (Note, however, that
@code{target tfile} can only read from files accessible to the host.)
+By default, this command will save trace frame in tfile format.
+You can supply the optional argument @code{-ctf} to save date in CTF
+format. The @dfn{Common Trace Format} (CTF) is proposed as a trace format
+that can be shared by multiple debugging and tracing tools. Please go to
+@indicateurl{http://www.efficios.com/ctf} to get more information.
@kindex target tfile
@kindex tfile