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Package: strace (4.5.19-1 and others)

A system call tracer

strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out a trace of all the system calls made by a another process/program. The program to be traced need not be recompiled for this, so you can use it on binaries for which you don't have source.

System calls and signals are events that happen at the user/kernel interface. A close examination of this boundary is very useful for bug isolation, sanity checking and attempting to capture race conditions.

Tags: Software Development: Debugging, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Monitoring, Works with: Running Programs

Other Packages Related to strace

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) [m68k]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
    dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha]

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Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 4.5.19-1 123.5 kB360 kB [list of files]
amd64 4.5.19-1 124.7 kB376 kB [list of files]
armel 4.5.19-1 115.5 kB300 kB [list of files]
hppa 4.5.19-1 118.2 kB284 kB [list of files]
i386 4.5.19-1 112.3 kB284 kB [list of files]
ia64 4.5.19-1 159.2 kB548 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 4.5.18-1 149.4 kB320 kB [list of files]
mips 4.5.19-1 154.4 kB540 kB [list of files]
mipsel 4.5.19-1 146.6 kB540 kB [list of files]
powerpc 4.5.19-1 117.3 kB308 kB [list of files]
s390 4.5.19-1 118.9 kB288 kB [list of files]
sparc 4.5.19-1 114.8 kB292 kB [list of files]