Comment on Strace - The Sysadmin's Microscope (2010) Comments−krenoten14yIf you're on a BSD descendant check out dtrace instead - it's got a small learning curve but it's an unbelievably powerful tracer.−joseph14yDtrace is originally from Solaris. FreeBSD (and possibly other BSDs) also has ktrace, which has been around a long time and has a learning curve the same as strace, but is not as powerful as dtrace.
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If you're on a BSD descendant check out dtrace instead - it's got a small learning curve but it's an unbelievably powerful tracer.
Dtrace is originally from Solaris. FreeBSD (and possibly other BSDs) also has ktrace, which has been around a long time and has a learning curve the same as strace, but is not as powerful as dtrace.