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authorOlivier CrĂȘte <olivier.crete@collabora.com>2012-11-06 18:29:28 +0100
committerOlivier CrĂȘte <olivier.crete@collabora.com>2012-11-06 18:31:54 +0100
commiteb83421048db407ef9d5568c6f0adbf8fabede9e (patch)
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parent4f311b16e7d099e540d92fd9500014dc26f16121 (diff)
downloadgstreamer-eb83421048db407ef9d5568c6f0adbf8fabede9e.tar.gz
Document GST_DEBUG_FILE
-rw-r--r--docs/gst/running.xml11
-rw-r--r--tools/gst-launch.1.in5
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/gst/running.xml b/docs/gst/running.xml
index db49f621bb..a10acd5d2c 100644
--- a/docs/gst/running.xml
+++ b/docs/gst/running.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,17 @@ The variable takes a comma-separated list of tracing options to enable.
</para>
</formalpara>
+<formalpara id="GST_DEBUG_FILE">
+ <title><envar>GST_DEBUG_FILE</envar></title>
+
+ <para>
+ Set this variable to a file path to redirect all GStreamer debug
+ messages to this file. If left unset, debug messages with be output
+ unto the standard error.
+ </para>
+
+</formalpara>
+
<formalpara id="ORC_CODE">
<title><envar>ORC_CODE</envar></title>
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.1.in b/tools/gst-launch.1.in
index aa02dd7b46..2f27340272 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch.1.in
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.1.in
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ Specifies a list of plugins that are always loaded by default. If not set,
this defaults to the system-installed path, and the plugins installed in the
user's home directory
.TP
+\fBGST_DEBUG_FILE\fR
+Set this variable to a file path to redirect all GStreamer debug
+messages to this file. If left unset, debug messages with be output
+unto the standard error.
+.TP
\fBORC_CODE\fR
Useful Orc environment variable. Set ORC_CODE=debug to enable debuggers
such as gdb to create useful backtraces from Orc-generated code. Set