A Summary of Commands

trace

Synopsis

trace [name]...[chan <,range>]...[card <card #[.port#>]]...[area [,area...]...][level [,level...]...][date] [tracelog startlog]...[sleep <sleeptime>]

Description

The trace command prints trace messages to the standard output device (stdout) according to specified options. Executing trace also causes trace output to be logged to the trace shared memory buffer or to the trace log.

When trace is specified with name, all process-specific trace messages from process name, are printed. Process-specific trace messages are printed regardless of which channels that process may own or on which channels they are operating.

When trace is specified with chan or card options, all channel-specific messages, from any process are printed. The card option is applicable only to network interface cards (that is, cards that have channels). The card option is a special case of the channel option.

A combination of the name variable and chan options prints trace messages from both the name and chan options. The name and chan options act collectively rather than selectively.

If area is specified, only the process or channel messages associated with area are printed. The area option is, therefore, selective. Areas may be

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