Opening a Trace

To open a trace, click on the File menu and select Open Trace.... A new dialog will show for selecting a trace to open. Select a trace file and then click on OK. Note that for traces that are directories (such as Common Trace Format (CTF) traces) any file in the trace directory can be selected to open the trace. Now, the trace viewer's auto detection algorithm will validate the trace against all known trace types. If multiple trace types are valid, a trace type is chosen based on a confidence criteria. The validation process and the computation of the confidence level are trace type specific. After successful validation the trace will be opened with the detected trace type.

Alternatively the user can launch the trace viewer with the command-line argument --open <trace-path>. The trace will then automatically open using the same algorithm than described above.

In both of the above cases, the trace will be linked to the default project.