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logman update api

Updates the properties of an existing API tracing data collector.

Syntax

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

Parameters

Parameter Description
-s <computer name> Performs 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> 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] [...]]> Changed 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 an existing log file.
-[-]ow Overwrite an existing log file.
-[-]v <nnnnnn|mmddhhmm> Attaches 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, creates a new file when the specified time has elapsed. When time is not specified, creates 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.
/? Displays context-sensitive help.

Remarks

  • Where [-] is listed, adding an extra hyphen (-) negates the option.

Examples

To update an 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, type:

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