kill.d(1m) USER COMMANDS kill.d(1m)NAME
kill.d - snoop process signals as they occur. Uses DTrace.
SYNOPSIS
kill.d
DESCRIPTION
kill.d is a simple DTrace program to print details of process signals as they are sent, such as the PID source and destination, signal num-
ber and result.
This program can be used to determine which process is sending signals to which other process.
Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.
EXAMPLES
Default output, print process signals as they are sent.
# kill.d
FIELDS
FROM source PID
COMMAND
source command name
TO destination PID
SIG destination signal ("9" for a kill -9)
RESULT result of signal (-1 is for failure)
DOCUMENTATION
See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with ver-
bose descriptions explaining the output.
EXIT
kill.d will run forever until Ctrl-C is hit.
AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]
SEE ALSO dtrace(1M), truss(1)version 0.90 May 14, 2005 kill.d(1m)
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newproc.d(1m) USER COMMANDS newproc.d(1m)NAME
newproc.d - snoop new processes. Uses DTrace.
SYNOPSIS
newproc.d
DESCRIPTION
newproc.d is a DTrace OneLiner to snoop new processes as they are run. The argument listing is printed.
This is useful to identify short lived processes that are usually difficult to spot using traditional tools.
Docs/oneliners.txt and Docs/Examples/oneliners_examples.txt in the DTraceToolkit contain this as a oneliner that can be cut-n-paste to run.
Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.
EXAMPLES
This prints new processes until Ctrl-C is hit.
# newproc.d
FIELDS
CPU The CPU that recieved the event
ID A DTrace probe ID for the event
FUNCTION:NAME
The DTrace probe name for the event
remaining fields
These contains the argument listing for the new process
DOCUMENTATION
See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with ver-
bose descriptions explaining the output.
EXIT
newproc.d will run forever until Ctrl-C is hit.
AUTHOR
Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]
SEE ALSO execsnoop(1M), dtrace(1M), truss(1)version 1.00 May 15, 2005 newproc.d(1m)
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