logman update api

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

Update the properties of an existing API tracing data collector.

For examples of how this command can be used, see Examples.

Syntax

logman update api <[-n] <name>> [options]

Parameters

Parameter Description

/?

Displays context-sensitive help.

-s <computer name>

Perform the command on the specified remote computer.

-config <value>

Specifies the settings file containing command options.

[-n] <name>

Name of the target object.

-f <bin|bincirc|csv|tsv|sql>

Specifies the log format for the data collector.

-[-]u <user [password]>

Specifies the user to Run As. Entering a * for the password produces a prompt for the password. The password is not displayed when you type it at the password prompt.

-m <[start] [stop] [[start] [stop] [...]]>

Change to manual start or stop instead of a scheduled begin or end time.

-rf <[[hh:]mm:]ss>

Run the data collector for the specified period of time.

-b <M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss[AM|PM]>

Begin collecting data at the specified time.

-e <M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss[AM|PM]>

End data collection at the specified time.

-si <[[hh:]mm:]ss>

Specifies the sample interval for performance counter data collectors.

-o <path|dsn!log>

Specifies the output log file or the DSN and log set name in a SQL database.

-[-]r

Repeat the data collector daily at the specified begin and end times.

-[-]a

Append to an existing log file.

-[-]ow

Overwrite an existing log file.

-[-]v <nnnnnn|mmddhhmm>

Attach file versioning information to the end of the log file name.

-[-]rc <task>

Run the command specified each time the log is closed.

-[-]max <value>

Maximum log file size in MB or maximum number of records for SQL logs.

-[-]cnf <[[hh:]mm:]ss>

When time is specified, create a new file when the specified time has elapsed. When time is not specified, create a new file when the maximum size is exceeded.

-y

Answer yes to all questions without prompting.

-mods <path [path [...]]>

Specifies the list of modules to log API calls from.

-inapis <module!api [module!api [...]]>

Specifies the list of API calls to include in logging.

-exapis <module!api [module!api [...]]>

Specifies the list of API calls to exclude from logging.

-[-]ano

Log (-ano) API names only, or do not log only (--ano) API names.

-[-]recursive

Log (-recursive) or do not log (--recursive) APIs recursively beyond the first layer.

-exe <value>

Specifies the full path to an executable for API Tracing.

Remarks

Where [-] is listed, an extra - negates the option.

Examples

The following command updates the existing API trace counter called trace_notepad for the executable file c:\windows\notepad.exe by excluding the API call TlsGetValue produced by the module kernel32.dll.

logman create api trace_notepad -exe c:\windows\notepad.exe -exapis kernel32.dll!TlsGetValue

Additional references

Logman

logman create api