Re: [RFC/PATCH 00/14] perf record: Add support to store data in directory

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 12:05:38PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:

SNIP

> > > > > >
> > > > > > [jolsa@krava perf]$ ll result_1/
> > > > > > total 348
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 27624 Feb  4 11:35 data.0
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 56672 Feb  4 11:35 data.1
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 30824 Feb  4 11:35 data.2
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 49136 Feb  4 11:35 data.3
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 22712 Feb  4 11:35 data.4
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 53392 Feb  4 11:35 data.5
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 43352 Feb  4 11:35 data.6
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 46688 Feb  4 11:35 data.7
> > > > > > -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa  9068 Feb  4 11:35 header
> > > > >
> > > > > Awesome. What do you think about having it like this:
> > > > >
> > > > >   $ perf record --output result_1.data ... - writes data to a file
> > > > >
> > > > >   $ perf record --dir result_1 ... - or even
> > > > >   $ perf record --output_dir result_1 ... - writes data into a directory
> > > > >
> > > > > IMHO, this interface is simpler for a user.
> > > >
> > > > yep, seems more convenient.. I'll add it
> > > >
> > > But what happens if you do: perf record -o foo --output_dir foo.d?
> >
> > Should fail, i.e. either you use single-file or directory output, I
> > think.
> >
> Agreed

ok, will do that

thanks,
jirka