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Diffstat (limited to 'stap.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | stap.1 | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -7,21 +7,21 @@ stap \- systemtap script translator/driver .br .B stap [ -.IR OPTIONS +.I OPTIONS ] .I FILENAME .br .B stap [ -.IR OPTIONS +.I OPTIONS ] -.BI \- +.B \- .br .B stap [ .I OPTIONS ] -.BI \-e " SCRIPT " +.BI \-e " SCRIPT" .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -64,24 +64,24 @@ kernel object. Guru mode. Enables parsing of unsafe expert-level constructs like embedded C. .TP -.BI \-p NUM +.BI \-p " NUM" Stop after pass NUM. The passes are numbered 1-5: parse, elaborate, translate, compile, run. See the .B PROCESSING section for details. .TP -.BI \-I DIR +.BI \-I " DIR" Add the given directory to the tapset search directory. See the description of pass 2 for details. .TP -.BI \-R DIR +.BI \-R " DIR" Look for the systemtap runtime sources in the given directory. .TP -.BI \-m MODULE +.BI \-m " MODULE" Use the given name for the generated kernel object module, instead of a unique randomized name. .TP -.BI \-o FILE +.BI \-o " FILE" Send standard output to named file. .SH SCRIPT LANGUAGE @@ -151,12 +151,13 @@ Execute the string- or integer-valued expression and throw away the value. .TP .BR { " STMT1 STMT2 ... " } -Execute each statement in sequence in this block. Note that no -separators or terminators are necessary between statements. +Execute each statement in sequence in this block. Note that +separators or terminators are generally not necessary between statements. .TP .BR ; Null statement, do nothing. It is useful as an optional separator between -statements to improve the display of syntax-error reports. +statements to improve syntax-error detection and to handle certain +grammar ambiguities. .TP .BR if " (EXP) STMT1 [ " else " STMT2 ]" Compare integer-valued EXP to zero. Execute the first (non-zero) |