X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=blobdiff_plain;f=strace.1;h=1e69217f35c43c7caa1cf96f3f4e1652cc48a94d;hb=f19836be020d0e863f2ccf1a1401c9bbfc5e9f38;hp=13429bc4ed74e19c5f833e51c0d3e8447a8b6a5b;hpb=b5370530d52520a52e025c5675a987b3ea9cad57;p=strace diff --git a/strace.1 b/strace.1 index 13429bc4..1e69217f 100644 --- a/strace.1 +++ b/strace.1 @@ -34,12 +34,17 @@ .fi .sp .. +.\" Macro IX is not defined in the groff macros +.if \n(.g \{\ +. de IX +.. +.\} .TH STRACE 1 "2010-03-30" .SH NAME strace \- trace system calls and signals .SH SYNOPSIS .B strace -[\fB-CdffhiqrtttTvVxxy\fR] +[\fB-CdffhikqrtttTvVxxy\fR] [\fB-I\fIn\fR] [\fB-b\fIexecve\fR] [\fB-e\fIexpr\fR]... @@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY) = 3 Errors (typically a return value of \-1) have the errno symbol and error string appended. .CW -open("/foo/bar", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) +open("/foo/bar", O_RDONLY) = \-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) .CE Signals are printed as signal symbol and decoded siginfo structure. An excerpt from stracing and interrupting the command "sleep 666" is: @@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ arguments are not modified if the system call fails, arguments may not always be dereferenced. For example, retrying the "ls \-l" example with a non-existent file produces the following line: .CW -lstat("/foo/bar", 0xb004) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) +lstat("/foo/bar", 0xb004) = \-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) .CE In this case the porch light is on but nobody is home. .LP @@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ processes as a result of the .BR vfork (2) and .BR clone (2) -system calls. Note that +system calls. Note that .B \-p .I PID .B \-f @@ -262,6 +267,9 @@ Print the help summary. .B \-i Print the instruction pointer at the time of the system call. .TP +.B \-k +Print the execution stack trace of the traced processes after each system call (experimental). +.TP .B \-q Suppress messages about attaching, detaching etc. This happens automatically when output is redirected to a file and the command @@ -287,9 +295,13 @@ and the leading portion will be printed as the number of seconds since the epoch. .TP .B \-T -Show the time spent in system calls. This records the time +Show the time spent in system calls. This records the time difference between the beginning and the end of each system call. .TP +.B \-w +Summarise the time difference between the beginning and end of +each system call. The default is to summarise the system time. +.TP .B \-v Print unabbreviated versions of environment, stat, termios, etc. calls. These structures are very common in calls and so the default @@ -309,6 +321,9 @@ Print all strings in hexadecimal string format. .B \-y Print paths associated with file descriptor arguments. .TP +.B \-yy +Print ip:port pairs associated with socket file descriptors. +.TP .BI "\-a " column Align return values in a specific column (default column 40). .TP @@ -316,7 +331,7 @@ Align return values in a specific column (default column 40). If specified syscall is reached, detach from traced process. Currently, only .I execve -syscall is supported. This option is useful if you want to trace +syscall is supported. This option is useful if you want to trace multi-threaded process and therefore require -f, but don't want to trace its (potentially very complex) children. .TP @@ -325,7 +340,7 @@ A qualifying expression which modifies which events to trace or how to trace them. The format of the expression is: .RS 15 .IP -[\fIqualifier\fB=\fR][\fB!\fR]\fIvalue1\fR[\fB,\fIvalue2\fR]... +[\,\fIqualifier\/\fB=\fR][\fB!\fR]\,\fIvalue1\/\fR[\fB,\,\fIvalue2\/\fR]... .RE .IP where @@ -364,7 +379,7 @@ Note that some shells use the exclamation point for history expansion even inside quoted arguments. If so, you must escape the exclamation point with a backslash. .TP -\fB\-e\ trace\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ trace\fR=\,\fIset\fR Trace only the specified set of system calls. The .B \-c option is useful for determining which system calls might be useful @@ -405,7 +420,7 @@ Trace all file descriptor related system calls. .BR "\-e\ trace" = memory Trace all memory mapping related system calls. .TP -\fB\-e\ abbrev\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ abbrev\fR=\,\fIset\fR Abbreviate the output from printing each member of large structures. The default is .BR abbrev = all . @@ -414,19 +429,19 @@ The option has the effect of .BR abbrev = none . .TP -\fB\-e\ verbose\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ verbose\fR=\,\fIset\fR Dereference structures for the specified set of system calls. The default is .BR verbose = all . .TP -\fB\-e\ raw\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ raw\fR=\,\fIset\fR Print raw, undecoded arguments for the specified set of system calls. This option has the effect of causing all arguments to be printed in hexadecimal. This is mostly useful if you don't trust the decoding or you need to know the actual numeric value of an argument. .TP -\fB\-e\ signal\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ signal\fR=\,\fIset\fR Trace only the specified subset of signals. The default is .BR signal = all . For example, @@ -435,7 +450,7 @@ For example, .BR signal "=!" io ) causes SIGIO signals not to be traced. .TP -\fB\-e\ read\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ read\fR=\,\fIset\fR Perform a full hexadecimal and ASCII dump of all the data read from file descriptors listed in the specified set. For example, to see all input activity on file descriptors @@ -443,13 +458,13 @@ all input activity on file descriptors and .I 5 use -\fB\-e\ read\fR=\fI3\fR,\fI5\fR. +\fB\-e\ read\fR=\,\fI3\fR,\fI5\fR. Note that this is independent from the normal tracing of the .BR read (2) system call which is controlled by the option .BR -e "\ " trace = read . .TP -\fB\-e\ write\fR=\fIset\fR +\fB\-e\ write\fR=\,\fIset\fR Perform a full hexadecimal and ASCII dump of all the data written to file descriptors listed in the specified set. For example, to see all output activity on file descriptors @@ -457,7 +472,7 @@ all output activity on file descriptors and .I 5 use -\fB\-e\ write\fR=\fI3\fR,\fI5\fR. +\fB\-e\ write\fR=\,\fI3\fR,\,\fI5\fR. Note that this is independent from the normal tracing of the .BR write (2) system call which is controlled by the option @@ -548,7 +563,7 @@ correct execution of setuid and/or setgid binaries. Unless this option is used setuid and setgid programs are executed without effective privileges. .TP -\fB\-E\ \fIvar\fR=\fIval\fR +\fB\-E\ \fIvar\fR=\,\fIval\fR Run command with .IR var = val in its list of environment variables. @@ -639,7 +654,7 @@ functions. On some platforms a process that is attached to with the .B \-p option may observe a spurious EINTR return from the current -system call that is not restartable. (Ideally, all system calls +system call that is not restartable. (Ideally, all system calls should be restarted on strace attach, making the attach invisible to the traced process, but a few system calls aren't. Arguably, every instance of such behavior is a kernel bug.) @@ -664,7 +679,6 @@ The .B \-i option is weakly supported. .SH HISTORY -.B strace The original .B strace was written by Paul Kranenburg