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To see details of the options available for this command in an earlier release, run the command with the --help
option in your terminal.
Synopsis
codeql database trace-command [--threads=<num>] [--ram=<MB>] [--extractor-option=<extractor-option-name=value>] <options>... -- <database> <command>...
codeql database trace-command [--threads=<num>] [--ram=<MB>] [--extractor-option=<extractor-option-name=value>] <options>... -- <database> <command>...
Description
[Plumbing] Run a single command as part of a traced build.
This runs a single given command line under a tracer, thus possibly performing some extraction, but does not finalize the resulting CodeQL database.
Options
Primary Options
<database>
[Mandatory] Path to the CodeQL database under construction. This must have been prepared for extraction with codeql database init.
If the --db-cluster
option is given, this is not a database itself,
but a directory that contains databases, and all of those databases
will be processed together.
<command>...
The command to run. This may consist of one or more arguments, which are used to create the process. It is recommended to pass the '--' argument before listing the command's arguments, in order to avoid confusion between its arguments and ours.
The command is expected to exit with a status code of 0. Any other exit code is interpreted as a failure.
The command may be omitted when --index-traceless-dbs
is given.
-j, --threads=<num>
Ask the extractor to use this many threads. This option is passed to the extractor as a suggestion. If the CODEQL_THREADS environment variable is set, the environment variable value takes precedence over this option.
You can pass 0 to use one thread per core on the machine, or -N to leave N cores unused (except still use at least one thread).
-M, --ram=<MB>
Ask the extractor to use this much memory. This option is passed to the extractor as a suggestion. If the CODEQL_RAM environment variable is set, the environment variable value takes precedence over this option.
--[no-]db-cluster
Indicates that the directory given on the command line is not a database itself, but a directory that contains one or more databases under construction. Those databases will be processed together.
--no-tracing
[Advanced] Do not trace the specified command, instead rely on it to produce all necessary data directly.
--extra-tracing-config=<tracing-config.lua>
[Advanced] The path to a tracer configuration file. It may be used to modify the behaviour of the build tracer. It may be used to pick out compiler processes that run as part of the build command, and trigger the execution of other tools. The extractors will provide default tracer configuration files that should work in most situations.
--[no-]index-traceless-dbs
In addition to the specified command, run the main script for extractors
that don't depend on tracing a build process. If you're constructing
databases for several languages with --db-cluster
, this option should
be given to exactly one invocation of codeql database trace-command.
--working-dir=<dir>
[Advanced] The directory in which the specified command should be
executed. If this argument is not provided, the command is executed in
the value of --source-root
passed to codeql database create, if one exists. If no --source-root
argument is provided, the command is executed in the
current working directory.
--no-run-unnecessary-builds
[Advanced] Only run the specified build command(s) if a database under construction uses an extractor that depends on tracing a build process. If this option is not given, the command will be executed even when CodeQL doesn't need it, on the assumption that you need its side effects for other reasons.
Options to control extractor behavior
-O, --extractor-option=<extractor-option-name=value>
Set options for CodeQL extractors. extractor-option-name
should be of
the form extractor_name.group1.group2.option_name or
group1.group2.option_name. If extractor_option_name
starts with an
extractor name, the indicated extractor must declare the option
group1.group2.option_name. Otherwise, any extractor that declares the
option group1.group2.option_name will have the option set. value
can
be any string that does not contain a newline.
You can use this command-line option repeatedly to set multiple
extractor options. If you provide multiple values for the same extractor
option, the behaviour depends on the type that the extractor option
expects. String options will use the last value provided. Array options
will use all the values provided, in order. Extractor options specified
using this command-line option are processed after extractor options
given via --extractor-options-file
.
When passed to codeql database init or codeql database begin-tracing
, the options will only be
applied to the indirect tracing environment. If your workflow also makes
calls to
codeql database trace-command then the options also need to be passed there if desired.
See https://codeql.github.com/docs/codeql-cli/extractor-options for more information on CodeQL extractor options, including how to list the options declared by each extractor.
--extractor-options-file=<extractor-options-bundle-file>
Specify extractor option bundle files. An extractor option bundle file
is a JSON file (extension .json
) or YAML file (extension .yaml
or
.yml
) that sets extractor options. The file must have the top-level
map key 'extractor' and, under it, extractor names as second-level map
keys. Further levels of maps represent nested extractor groups, and
string and array options are map entries with string and array values.
Extractor option bundle files are read in the order they are specified.
If different extractor option bundle files specify the same extractor
option, the behaviour depends on the type that the extractor option
expects. String options will use the last value provided. Array options
will use all the values provided, in order. Extractor options specified
using this command-line option are processed before extractor options
given via --extractor-option
.
When passed to codeql database init or codeql database begin-tracing
, the options will only be
applied to the indirect tracing environment. If your workflow also makes
calls to
codeql database trace-command then the options also need to be passed there if desired.
See https://codeql.github.com/docs/codeql-cli/extractor-options for more information on CodeQL extractor options, including how to list the options declared by each extractor.
Common options
-h, --help
Show this help text.
-J=<opt>
[Advanced] Give option to the JVM running the command.
(Beware that options containing spaces will not be handled correctly.)
-v, --verbose
Incrementally increase the number of progress messages printed.
-q, --quiet
Incrementally decrease the number of progress messages printed.
--verbosity=<level>
[Advanced] Explicitly set the verbosity level to one of errors,
warnings, progress, progress+, progress++, progress+++. Overrides -v
and -q
.
--logdir=<dir>
[Advanced] Write detailed logs to one or more files in the given directory, with generated names that include timestamps and the name of the running subcommand.
(To write a log file with a name you have full control over, instead
give --log-to-stderr
and redirect stderr as desired.)
--common-caches=<dir>
[Advanced] Controls the location of cached data on disk that will
persist between several runs of the CLI, such as downloaded QL packs and
compiled query plans. If not set explicitly, this defaults to a
directory named .codeql
in the user's home directory; it will be
created if it doesn't already exist.
Available since v2.15.2
.