> I can "strace -o -tt 123 a.out" before "A begin" but how could I > combine console output with the content of strace? strace does output to stderr unless you specify the -o option. So by using something like $ strace -tt your_program or $ strace -tt your_program &> log.txt you will have both outputs intermingled. Note that the console output of your program will appear in the middle of the corresponding write() system call. Alex. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies