[erlang-questions] Simple question: how to read a trace using trace_client

[Richard Evans]

I am trying to trace some function-calls, redirect the trace to a file, and
then, later, read that file to see the messages.

To trace, I am doing:

dbg:start().

% to redirect to a file "trace_output"
PortFun = dbg:trace_port(file,{"/tmp/trace_output",
wrap,atom_to_list(node()),10000000,20}).
dbg:tracer(port, PortFun).

dbg:tp(lobby, handle_client_message, 2, []).
dbg:p(all, c).

% now I execute the program for a certain period of time and watch the
trace_output file build up

% finishing the trace
dbg:stop_clear().



This successfully produces a binary file. The longer I run the program, the
larger it gets. This seems right.

The bit that I don't get is how to read the binary file.

I tried using trace_client:

A=dbg:trace_client(file, "/tmp/trace_output").


This returns me the PID of the trace_client process.

But I don't know what to do with this PID!

What I want to see is the list of function-calls in the file. But all I
have is the PID.

What do I do now?

yours puzzledly,
Richard
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