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+/*
+ * Interface for configuring and controlling the state of tracing events.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TRACE_CONTROL_H
+#define TRACE_CONTROL_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+
+/** Initialize the tracing backend.
+ *
+ * @file Name of trace output file; may be NULL.
+ *       Corresponds to commandline option "-trace file=...".
+ * @return Whether the backend could be successfully initialized.
+ */
+bool trace_backend_init(const char *file);
+
+#endif  /* TRACE_CONTROL_H */