Strace
Strace
http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/
Debugging tool
Strace is a system call tracer: it traces all system calls made by another process or program. Since the program to be traced does not need to be recompiled before tracing, strace is useful for programs for which the source is not readily available.
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Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
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Wichert Akkerman | Maintainer |
See the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list | Contributor |
Resources and communication
Audience | Resource type | URI |
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Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/strace | |
Bug Tracking,Developer | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/strace-devel |
Software prerequisites
Kind | Description |
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Weak prerequisite | Linux kernel 2.4 or later (for tracing multithreaded processes); autoconf; Linux kernel 2.4 kernel headers |
Required to use | Linux kernel 2.2.7 or later |
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