[lttng-dev] babeltrace -i ?

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

Yep, a clearer error message could help. please file a bug on
bugs.lttng.org.

* Thibault, Daniel (Daniel.Thibault at drdc-rddc.gc.ca) wrote:
>    What is the babeltrace -i, --input-format option meant for?  At first I thought one could round-trip a CTF trace to text and back using babeltrace, but if I try this:
> 
> $ babeltrace /path_to_the/ctf_trace_directory -w /path_to_the/text_trace_file
> $ babeltrace /path_to_the/text_trace_file -i text -o ctf -w /path_to_the/reconstituted_ctf_trace_directory
> 
>    The second command gives me:
> 
> [error] Cannot open any trace for reading.
> [error] opening trace "/path_to_the/text_trace_file" for reading.
> [error] none of the specified trace paths could be opened.
> 
>    If '-i ctf' is the only currently-implemented option, then we should get a more appropriate error message when using another: something along the lines of "babeltrace input format not supported ".
> 
> Daniel U. Thibault
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