Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:16:27 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ktrace as a replacement for strace Message-ID: <20050208151627.GB76723@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050208115928.GE8619@alzatex.com> References: <20050208115928.GE8619@alzatex.com>
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 03:59:28AM -0800, Loren M. Lang typed: > I'm looking for a replacement for the strace program I used to use on > linux; freebsd has a port of strace, but it just hangs everytime I use > it. It looks like the bsd version of strace would be ktrace/kdump. I > was able to get these to print a trace of the program I ran, but it > doesn't do all the nice substatuting that strace was able to do. > Mainly, I just want the first argument of open to look like a string > instead of a 32 bit pointer that I can't read. I'm trying to figure out > what files this program is trying to read so I can edit it's > configuration file. I think truss(8) will suit your needs better. Ruben
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