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recorder

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recorder

Class Hierarchy

conf-object → log-object → recorder

Interfaces Implemented

log_object, event_poster

Description

The recorder class is used to record and playback I/O events. Recordable events include network traffic and mouse and keyboard events.

Attributes

Attributes inherited from class conf-object

attributes, classname, component, iface, name, object_id, queue

Attributes inherited from class log-object

access_count, log_buffer, log_buffer_last, log_buffer_size, log_group_mask, log_groups, log_level, log_type_mask

Attribute List

clients

Pseudo attribute; read-only access; type: [o*].

List of connected devices.

in_file

Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.

Name of input file.

input_during_playback

Session attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.

If nonzero, input is accepted when playback is active.

out_file

Optional attribute; read/write access; type: String.

Name of output file.

playback

Session attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.

If nonzero, playback is active.

recording

Session attribute; read/write access; type: Integer.

If nonzero, recording is active.

save_file

Pseudo attribute; write-only access; type: String.

Name of save file.

Command List

Commands defined by interface log_object

log, log-group, log-level, log-size, log-type

Commands

info	print information about the device
playback-start	play back recorded I/O
playback-stop	stop playback
recorder-save	save recorder
recorder-start	record input to file
recorder-stop	stop recorder
status	print status of the device

Command Descriptions

<recorder>.info

Synopsis

<recorder>.info

Description

Print detailed information about the configuration of the device.

<recorder>.playback-start

Synopsis

<recorder>.playback-start input-file

Description

Starts playback from specified file. The I/O traffic in the file that is to be played back must have been recorded using a machine configuration identical to the current configuration. It is highly recommended that console input is blocked when you play back I/O, or the session may lose its synchronization.

<recorder>.playback-stop

Synopsis

<recorder>.playback-stop

Description

Stop the I/O playback. Note that once playback has been stopped in cannot be restarted.

<recorder>.recorder-save

Synopsis

<recorder>.recorder-save output-file

Description

Save recorded playback data.

<recorder>.recorder-start

Synopsis

<recorder>.recorder-start output-file

Description

Record input data to specified file. I/O is recorded from all devices that are recording aware (that includes all devices that are shipped in standard distributions).

<recorder>.recorder-stop

Synopsis

<recorder>.recorder-stop

Description

Stop the recording of incoming data.

<recorder>.status

Synopsis

<recorder>.status

Description

Print detailed information about the current status of the device.

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