fbtracemgr(1)

fbtracemgr1

Firebird operation traces

Usage

fbtracemgr action [parameter ...]

Overview

fbtracemgr gives access to the trace API of Firebird. It connects to a Firebird server, starts a trace session and prints the audit trail to standard output.

To cancel the trace session, press "Ctrl+C", send the "TERM" signal or use the stop command.

Options

Actions

-sta
-start

Start a trace session

-sto
-stop

Stop a trace session

-su
-suspend

Suspend a trace session. No output is produced until the session is resumed.

-r
-resume

Resume a suspended trace session.

-l
-list

List existing trace sessions

Action parameters

-n string
-name string

Session name

-i number
-id number

Session ID

-c path
-config path

Path to the trace configuration file

Connection parameters

-se
-service string

Service name in the form of "service_mgr" (for local connection) or host:"service_mgr" (for remote connection).

-u user
-user user

User name to connect as.

-p password
-password password

Connection password.

-fe file
-fetch file

Read password from file.

-t string
-trusted string

Force trusted authentication

Examples

  fbtracemgr -se remote_host:service_mgr -user sysdba -pass masterkey -list
  fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -start -name my_trace -config my_cfg.txt
  fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -suspend -id 2
  fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -resume -id 2
  fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -stop -id 4

Releases

7 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12

From firebird3.0-server 3.0.11.33637.ds4-2+deb12u1 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.