sotruss(1)							   User Commands							sotruss(1)

NAME

       sotruss - trace shared library procedure calls

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/sotruss [-f] [-F bindfromlist] [-T bindtolist] [-o outputfile] executable [ executable arguments...]

DESCRIPTION

       sotruss	executes  the  specified command and produces a trace of the library calls that it performs. Each line of the trace output reports
       what bindings are occurring between dynamic objects as each procedure call is executed. sotruss traces all  of  the  procedure  calls  that
       occur  between dynamic objects via the Procedure Linkage Table, so only those procedure calls which are bound via the Procedure Linkage Ta-
       ble will be traced. See Linker and Libraries Guide

OPTIONS

       -F bindfromlist	       A colon-separated list of libraries that are to be traced.
				Only calls from these libraries will be traced.  The default is to trace calls from the main executable only.

       -T bindtolist	       A colon-separated list of libraries that are to be traced. Only calls to these libraries will be traced.
				The default is to trace all calls.

       -o outputfile	       sotruss output will be directed to the outputfile. If this option is combined with the  -f option then the  pid	of
			       the executing program will be placed at the end of the filename. By default sotruss output is placed on	stderr.

       -f		       Follow  all children created by	fork() and print  truss output on each child process.  This option will also cause
			       a  pid to be output on each truss output line.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: An example of sotruss.

       A simple example shows the tracing of a simple ls command:

       % sotruss ls | more
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*atexit(0xef7d7d1c, 0x23c00, 0x0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*atexit(0x1392c, 0xef7d7d1c, 0xef621bb0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*setlocale(0x6, 0x1396c, 0xef621ba8)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*textdomain(0x13970, 0x1396c, 0xef621ba8)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*time(0x0, 0xef61f6fc, 0xef621ba8)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*isatty(0x1, 0xef61f6fc, 0x0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*getopt(0x1, 0xeffff8fc, 0x13980)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*malloc(0x100, 0x0, 0x0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*malloc(0x9000, 0x0, 0x0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*lstat64(0x23ee8, 0xeffff7a0, 0x0)
       ...
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*printf(0x13a64, 0x26208, 0x23ef0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*printf(0x13a64, 0x26448, 0x23ef0)
       ls	     ->       libc.so.1:*exit(0x0, 0x24220, 0x2421c)

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWtoo			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ld.so.1(1), truss(1), whocalls(1), fork(2), attributes(5)

       Linker and Libraries Guide

SunOS 5.10							    12 May 1997 							sotruss(1)