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Duration type

Span Duration and Duration Type

The optional flag -dt or --duration-type allows users to specify the span duration type.

If not specified, tracepusher generates spans of a duration type in seconds. Using the above parameter, a user can override this.

Valid Span Duration Types

  • s: seconds (default)
  • ms

Examples

Generate a 2 second long span:

./tracepusher \
  -ep http://localhost:4318 \
  -sen serviceA \
  -spn span1 \
  -dur 2

equivalent to:

./tracepusher \
  -ep http://localhost:4318 \
  -sen serviceA \
  -spn span1 \
  -dur 2 \
  --duration-type s

Generate a span of 1234 milliseconds:

./tracepusher \
  -ep http://localhost:4318 \
  -sen serviceA \
  -spn span1 \
  -dur 1234 \
  --duration-type ms