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Using DTrace with Sun Studio Tools to Understand, Analyze, Debug, and Enhance Complex

This updated article from May 2008 covers the DTrace utility and its architecture, and how different tools can be used to fix software deficiencies and performance problems.

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dtrace

dtrace(7D)							      Devices								dtrace(7D)

NAME

       dtrace - DTrace dynamic tracing facility

DESCRIPTION

       The  dtrace  driver  provides  the  dynamic  instrumentation and tracing facilities for the DTrace software, as well as the built-in dtrace
       provider. The dtrace driver is not a public interface and you access the instrumentation offered by this provider through DTrace tools such
       as  dtrace(1M).	 Refer to the Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide for a description of the public documented interfaces available for the DTrace
       facility and dtrace provider probes.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWdtrp			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Private			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       dtrace(1M), libdtrace(3LIB), attributes(5)

       Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide

SunOS 5.11							    4 Sep 2003								dtrace(7D)

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