From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel.Thibault@drdc-rddc.gc.ca (Thibault, Daniel) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:05:04 +0000 Subject: [lttng-dev] Machine Interface Message-ID: <48CF5AC71E61DB46B70D0F388054EFFD267E7531@VAL-E-01.valcartier.drdc-rddc.gc.ca> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:00:17 -0500 From: Olivier Cotte > Now for the machine interface syntax: > > * Also, to avoid confusion we will use a different primary command for input and > output machine interface. > Ex: lttng machine > Ex: lttng --xml I have a problem with the broken symmetry here. If you have a command (e.g. 'machine') for input, why is it you have none for output? What happens if, for instance, I type 'lttng --xml list -k'? Am I going to get an xml-formatted list of kernel tracepoints to stdout? Daniel U. Thibault Protection des syst?mes et contremesures (PSC) | Systems Protection & Countermeasures (SPC) Cyber s?curit? pour les missions essentielles (CME) | Mission Critical Cyber Security (MCCS) R & D pour la d?fense Canada - Valcartier (RDDC Valcartier) | Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier) 2459 route de la Bravoure Qu?bec QC G3J 1X5 CANADA Vox : (418) 844-4000 x4245 Fax : (418) 844-4538 NAC : 918V QSDJ Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada