strace is the command u shud use to trace syscalls. Cheers, Bijoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: so usp <so_usp@yahoo.com.br> Date: Thursday, July 8, 2004 10:36 am Subject: Re: how to trace down something > What command if I what to trace system calls? > > > --- Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> escreveu: > On Thu, Jul > 08, 2004 at 10:24:09 -0300, so usp > > wrote: > > > I would like to know how do I do to trace down > > some > > > function, such as a system call, in order to know > > > exactly what it is doing. I tried 'ltrace cmd', > > but it > > > doesn't seem to show me what the function is > > doing. > > > Besides, I don't know how to trace down syscalls > > with > > > ltrace. > > > > Short answer: You can't. Ltrace does not do that. > > After all, ltrace is > > not the only tool in the world. > > > > Long answer. It depends on WHAT you want to trace. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > Jan 'Bulb' > Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > name=signature.asc > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
