TRACE-CMD.DAT(5) TRACE-CMD.DAT(5)
NAME
trace-cmd.dat - trace-cmd file format
DESCRIPTION
The trace-cmd(1) utility produces a "trace.dat" file. The file may also be named anything depending if the user specifies a different
output name, but it must have a certain binary format. The file is used by trace-cmd to save kernel traces into it and be able to extract
the trace from it at a later point (see trace-cmd-report(1)).
INITIAL FORMAT
The first three bytes contain the magic value:
0x17 0x08 0x44
The next 7 bytes contain the characters:
"tracing"
The next set of characters contain a null '