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strace

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Overview

A tool for tracing the system calls a program issues.

Details

A tracing tool that records and displays the system calls and signals a running process issues, useful for troubleshooting. The -c option summarizes how many times each system call was made and how long it took in total, also making it useful for pinpointing which system call is eating up most of the time in a performance investigation.

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