[PATCH] Add CTF support to GDB [4/4] doc

Hui Zhu
2012-11-21T01:46:04Z

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This is the doc patch for the ctf read and write function.

Thanks,
Hui

2012-11-20 Hui Zhu <hui_zhu@mentor.com>

* gdb.texinfo (Trace Files): Add "tsave -ctf" and target ctf.

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--- a/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -12086,7 +12086,7 @@ of trace data, via the @code{target tfil
@table @code

@kindex tsave
-@item tsave [ -r ] @var{filename}
+@item tsave [ -r ] [-ctf] @var{filename}
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
@@ -12095,6 +12095,9 @@ optional argument @code{-r} (``remote'')
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 into tfile format.
+You can supply the optional argument @code{-ctf} to save date in CTF
+format.

@kindex target tfile
@kindex tfile
@@ -12106,6 +12109,11 @@ the state of the trace run at the moment
as the current trace frame you are examining. @var{filename} must be
on a filesystem accessible to the host.

+@kindex target ctf
+@kindex ctf
+@item target ctf @var{filename}
+Use the file named @var{filename} as a source of CTF trace data.
+
@end table

@node Overlays