Can you test it from command line? Type

mkfifo /tmp/mypipe

(same file path as specifed in App Profiler options)

Lorenz Witte wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm currently profiling some QNX applications with function instrumentation using the Momentics IDE. So far I've been 
successful using the option to create a ptrace file on the target and transfer it automatically with the "upload while 
running" option in the application profiler dialog.
>
> Since my ptrace file is getting large quickly, and I'm a bit limited on memory, I would prefer to avoid the creation 
of the ptrace file on the target. I understand that this can be done using the "use pipe" option. However, when I try it
, I always get an error message: "Error starting profiler service: cannot create pipe".
>
> The documentation says:
>
> "Create a pipe file on the target machine instead of a regular trace file. To use this option, the pipe daemon must be
 running on the target machine, and the file can only be created on the real filesystem (i.e. not /dev/shmem)."
>
> I think I've done everything correctly:
> 1) I selected a target file name for the pipe within a "real" filesystem (which is read/write accessible)
> 2) pipe is running as root
> 3) qconn is running as root
>
> My target is x86 with QNX 6.4.1. My Momentics version is 4.6.1.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Lorenz
>
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