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* trace-event NAME on|off
Enable/disable a given trace event.
+The "-trace events=<file>" command line argument can be used to enable the
+events listed in <file> from the very beginning of the program. This file must
+contain one event name per line.
+
== Trace backends ==
The "tracetool" script automates tedious trace event code generation and also