FBTRACEMGR(1)

✨ NAME ✨

fbtracemgr — Firebird operation traces 💅 (this is a manual page for the FBTRACEMGR(1) situation, bestie, and it's about to be your new fave)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fbtracemgr action [parameter...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so fbtracemgr is literally your backstage pass to the trace API of Firebird 👑

It connects to a Firebird server, starts a trace session, and prints the audit trail straight to standard output. Like, it shows you everything and it does not gatekeep 🤭

And to cancel the trace session? You've got options, bestie:

• press Ctrl+C 💀
• send the TERM signal 📡
• or just use the stop command 😌

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

💫 Actions

• -sta, -start — Start a trace session ✨ get that thing going
• -sto, -stop — Stop a trace session 🛑
• -su, -suspend — Suspend a trace session. No output is produced until the session is resumed 😴 like it's napping fr
• -r, -resume — Resume a suspended trace session 🌈 wake it up, it's time to shine again
• -l, -list — List existing trace sessions 📋 the receipts, if you will

🫶 Action parameters

• -n string, -name string — Session name 🏷️
• -i number, -id number — Session ID 🔢
• -c path, -config path — Path to the trace configuration file 📁

💜 Connection parameters

• -se, -service string — Service name in the form of "service_mgr" (for local connection) or host:"service_mgr" (for remote connection) 🌐
• -u user, -user user — User name to connect as 🪪
• -p password, -password password — Connection password 🔐
• -fe file, -fetch file — Read password from file 📄
• -t string, -trusted string — Force trusted authentication 🤝

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⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

watch and learn, bestie 😭 these are so good:

fbtracemgr -se remote_host:service_mgr -user sysdba -pass masterkey -list
fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -start -name my_trace -config my_cfg.txt
fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -suspend -id 2
fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -resume -id 2
fbtracemgr -se service_mgr -stop -id 4

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👑 AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) Damyan Ivanov, 2009. 🫶

This manpage was written by Damyan Ivanov for the Debian project but may be used by others. Permission is granted to use this document, with or without modifications, provided that this notice is retained. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. 🍓 (ngl that's the most iconic license clause ever, and if you don't retain this notice that's not the vibe 💀 keep the notice, periodt)

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that's the whole page, no cap 💖 this one shipped with Firebird 4.0, dated 2026-06-28, and it's the FBTRACEMGR(1) manual ily bye 🦋✨