FSTRACE_LSSET(8)

💖 FSTRACE_LSSET(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're learning about fstrace_lsset — a section 8 (admin/system) command that literally just tells you the status of an event set. yes. that's it. that's the whole job. and it does it flawlessly. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fstrace_lsset — reports the status of an event set 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fstrace lsset [-set <set name>+] [-help]

fstrace lss [-s <set name>+] [-h]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the fstrace lsset command shows you a list of all the available event sets and reports what's going on with each one — whether it's active, inactive, or dormant. like a little vibe check for your event sets, fr fr.

And if you wanna change an event set's status? that's not this command's job, bestie. that's fstrace setset's moment. know your lane, slay your lane. 💅

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -set <set name>+ — names the event set you want the status of. and listen, the only acceptable value here is cm, which is also the default if you just... don't pass this argument at all. so really it's cm or cm. iconic, no notes. 🫶
• -help — prints the online help for this command. and lowkey dramatic: every other valid option gets ignored when you use this. it's not sharing the spotlight. 😭

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🔥 OUTPUT 🔥

The output lists the available event sets and the status of each one, in this exact format:

Available sets:
cm (active | inactive | dormant)

and here's what those three words actually mean, because they are NOT the same thing:

• active — tracing is enabled for the event set, and kernel memory is allocated for the corresponding trace log. she's up, she's working, she's booked and busy. 💖
• inactive — tracing is temporarily disabled for the event set, but kernel memory is still allocated for the corresponding trace log. like she's on a lil break but her desk is still there. sitting there. waiting. 🍓
• dormant — tracing is disabled for the event set, and no kernel memory is allocated for the corresponding trace log. fully asleep, lights off, memory gone, no cap. 💀

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

here's the moment you've been waiting for — the following example displays the available event set and its status:

# fstrace lsset
Available sets:
cm active

ate. zero crumbs. 👑

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👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser root. no root, no read. that's just the rules, bestie. 🙈

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

fstrace(8), fstrace_setset(8)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. shoutout to the whole squad honestly 🫶✨

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and that's the tea, bestie 💅 — this page is from OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, and you just read it top to bottom like a main character. so proud. go check some event set statuses. mwah. 🎀💖