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- .TH RATRACE 1
- .SH NAME
- ratrace \- trace process system calls
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B ratrace
- [
- .I -o outputfile
- ] | [
- .I pid
- ] | [
- .I -c command
- ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .I Ratrace
- shows the system calls executed by a process,
- either the one with
- .I pid
- or a fresh invocation of
- .IR command .
- .PP
- Trace output is determined by the kernel, not
- .IR ratrace .
- Certain fixed rules apply.
- The first four fields of the output are
- pid, text name, system call name, and the PC of the user program.
- Data is always printed as
- .IB pointer /\c
- "\fIstring\fP",
- where the
- .I string
- is the first 32 bytes of the data, with
- .L \&.
- replacing non-printing ASCII characters
- (printing characters are those between ASCII space (SP) and delete (DEL), exclusive).
- Return values follow an
- .LR = ,
- and include the integer return value,
- the
- .I errstr
- (with "" if there is no
- .IR errstr ),
- and
- the start and stop times for the system call in nanoseconds.
- The times are exclusive of the overhead for tracing.
- .SH FILES
- .BI /proc/ pid /syscall
- .br
- .BI /proc/ pid /ctl
- .SH SOURCE
- .B /sys/src/cmd/ratrace.c
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IR acid (1),
- .IR db (1),
- .IR proc (3)
- .SH BUGS
- The printing of the data is too limited in length;
- printing
- .L \&.
- instead of something more sensible is limiting.
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