[lttng-dev] Machine Interface

[Thibault, Daniel]

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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:00:17 -0500
From: Olivier Cotte <olivier.cotte at polymtl.ca>

> 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 <input>
>		Ex: lttng --xml <output>

   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
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