Query: errinfo
OS: osx
Section: 1m
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
errinfo(1m) USER COMMANDS errinfo(1m)NAMEerrinfo - print errno for syscall fails. Uses DTrace.SYNOPSISerrinfo [-a|-A|-hsvZ] [-c command]DESCRIPTIONerrinfo snoops syscall failures and prints the errno value and description of the error number. This program can help determine if applications are silently failing, providing some details on the cause. Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.OPTIONS-c counts - print an aggregate style report containing a frequency count of errors -p PID examine this PID only -n name examine processes with ths name only (eg, "ls")EXAMPLESDefault output, print errors as they occur, # errinfo Print a frequency count report, # errinfo -c Snoop errors as they occur for "ssh" processes, # errinfo -n ssh PP Snoop errors for PID 81 only, # errinfo -p 81FIELDSEXEC Program name (truncated) SYSCALL System call name ERR Value of errno DESC Description of errno messageDOCUMENTATIONSee the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with ver- bose descriptions explaining the output.EXITerrinfo will run forever until Ctrl-C is hit.FILES/usr/include/sys/errno.h Contains the full descriptions for the error numbers.AUTHORBrendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]SEE ALSOdtrace(1M), truss(1) version 1.10 May 14, 2005 errinfo(1m)