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List of Solaris commands for process management

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apptrace – for tracing library calls How do I update multiple fields with single update
dtrace – debugger, new in version 10 statement using subqueries?
pargs – get list of arguments and environment variables with which process was started CommunityTopic
pfiles – list of file descriptors, associated with process
pgrep – get the PID's of processes by name i.e. Something like ps -efl|grep -v grep|grep
process_name
pkill – send signal to process. For example pkill -9 init :-P
pldd – list dynamic libraries, associated with process, similar to ldd for executable
plockstat – see list of locked by process files. Lock can be mutex i.e. exclusive and reader/writer for
shared access
pmap – get memory map (segments) of process
preap – try to kick-off zombie process
prstat – fullscreen view of processes sorted by different criteria, similar to Linux top command
prun – continue hold with pstop process
ps - print process information and status. In Solaris exist SYSV and BSD variants, respectively
/usr/bin/ps and /usr/ucb/ps
psig – list signals that can be handled by process
pstack – get backtrace stack of process for debugging purposes
pstop – temporary hold process
ptree - print the tree of processes
pwait – wait till process finish
pwdx – list working directory for process, like pwd command
truss – for tracing user/library/system calls and signals

Examples [edit]

apptrace

# apptrace man
-> man -> libc.so.1:int atexit(int (*)() = 0xd27d6bfc)
<- man -> libc.so.1:atexit()
-> man -> libc.so.1:int atexit(int (*)() = 0x8054e8c)
<- man -> libc.so.1:atexit()
-> man -> libc.so.1:void __fpstart(void)
<- man -> libc.so.1:__fpstart() = 0xd251fc94
-> man -> libc.so.1:access(0x8055984, 0x1, 0x8047e30) ** NR
-> man -> libc.so.1:char * setlocale(int = 0x6, const char * =
0x8055980 "")
<- man -> libc.so.1:setlocale() = 0xd25002ed
-> man -> libc.so.1:char * setlocale(int = 0x5, const char * = 0x0
<NULL>)
<- man -> libc.so.1:setlocale() = 0xd25002ed
-> man -> libc.so.1:strcpy(0x80669e8, 0xd25002ed, 0x8047e30) ** NR
-> man -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x805597c "C", const
char * = 0x80669e8 "C")
<- man -> libc.so.1:strcmp()
-> man -> libc.so.1:char * textdomain(const char * = 0x8055968
"SUNW_OST_OSCMD")
<- man -> libc.so.1:textdomain() = 0x80683e0
-> man -> libc.so.1:strcpy(0x80665e8, 0x8055960, 0x8047e30) ** NR
-> man -> libc.so.1:char * getenv(const char * = 0x8054fc0
"MANPATH")
<- man -> libc.so.1:getenv()
-> man -> libc.so.1:strrchr(0x8047e98, 0x2f, 0x8047e30) ** NR
-> man -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047e98 "man",
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<- man -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xc

-> man -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047e98 "man",
const char * = 0x8055958 "whatis")
<- man -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xfffffff6
-> man -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047e98 "man",
const char * = 0x8055944 "catman")
<- man -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xa
-> man -> libc.so.1:int getopt(int = 0x1, char *const * =
0x8047de4, const char * = 0x8066420 "FfkrP:M:T:ts:lad")
<- man -> libc.so.1:getopt() = 0xffffffff
-> man -> libc.so.1:char * gettext(const char * = 0x8055838
"usage: man [-] [-adFlrt] [-M path] [-T macro-package ] [ -s
section ] name ...
man [-M path] -k keyword ...
man [-M path] -f file ...")
<- man -> libc.so.1:gettext() = 0x8055838
-> man -> libc.so.1:int fprintf(FILE * = 0x8067610, const char * =
0x8054f7c "%s
", void * = 0x8055838, ...)
usage: man [-] [-adFlrt] [-M path] [-T macro-package ] [ -s section ]
name ...
man [-M path] -k keyword ...
man [-M path] -f file ...
<- man -> libc.so.1:fprintf() = 0x88
-> man -> libc.so.1:exit(0x2, 0x8047e30, 0x8047da0) ** NR

in the above example you can clearly see library calls as fprintf(), strcmp(), getenv(), etc.

pargs

# pargs 558
558: /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m
argv[0]: sendmail: Queue runner@00:15:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue

argv[1]: <NULL>
argv[2]: @00:15:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue

in above example you see the arguments for starting sendmail as a daemon

pfiles

# pfiles 558
558: /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m
Current rlimit: 1024 file descriptors
0: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:270,0 ino:6815752 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:13,2
O_RDONLY
/devices/pseudo/mm@0:null
1: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:270,0 ino:6815752 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:13,2
O_WRONLY
/devices/pseudo/mm@0:null
2: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:270,0 ino:6815752 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:13,2
O_WRONLY
/devices/pseudo/mm@0:null
3: S_IFDOOR mode:0444 dev:279,0 ino:53 uid:0 gid:0 size:0
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE FD_CLOEXEC door to nscd[366]
/var/run/name_service_door
4: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:270,0 ino:11010052 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:21,0
O_WRONLY FD_CLOEXEC
/devices/pseudo/log@0:conslog
5: S_IFREG mode:0600 dev:102,0 ino:189384 uid:25 gid:25 size:32
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL
/var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid

Here you see a list of files as NULL, console log, some PID files. On the top you can see the
maximum number of file handlers for this process, with info that can be helpful for troubleshooting of
applications

pgrep

# pgrep named
586

Something like ps -efl|grep -v grep|grep process_name|awk '{print $1}'

# ps -e|grep -v grep|grep named|awk '{print $1}'

586

pkill

# pgrep named
628
# pkill named
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# pgrep named
636
#

As you see, the named daemon was killed and respawned (with new PID)

pldd

# pldd 636
636: /usr/sbin/named
/usr/lib/dns/liblwres.so.1.1.2
/usr/lib/dns/libdns.so.16.0.0
/usr/lib/dns/libisccfg.so.0.0.11
/usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
/usr/lib/dns/libisccc.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib/dns/libisc.so.7.1.5
/lib/libnsl.so.1
/lib/libsocket.so.1
/lib/libscf.so.1
/lib/libpthread.so.1
/lib/libthread.so.1
/lib/libc.so.1
/lib/libdoor.so.1
/lib/libuutil.so.1
# ldd /usr/sbin/named
liblwres.so.1 => /usr/lib/dns/liblwres.so.1
libdns.so.16 => /usr/lib/dns/libdns.so.16
libisccfg.so.0 => /usr/lib/dns/libisccfg.so.0
libcrypto.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
libisccc.so.0 => /usr/lib/dns/libisccc.so.0
libisc.so.7 => /usr/lib/dns/libisc.so.7
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1
libsocket.so.1 => /lib/libsocket.so.1
libscf.so.1 => /lib/libscf.so.1
libpthread.so.1 => /lib/libpthread.so.1
libthread.so.1 => /lib/libthread.so.1
libc.so.1 => /lib/libc.so.1
libmp.so.2 => /lib/libmp.so.2
libmd5.so.1 => /lib/libmd5.so.1
libdoor.so.1 => /lib/libdoor.so.1
libuutil.so.1 => /lib/libuutil.so.1
libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2

Results from both commands are almost the same :-) Why? Ask SUN

pmap

# pmap 636
636: /usr/sbin/named
08046000 8K rw---- [ stack ]
08050000 232K r-x-- /usr/sbin/named
08099000 16K rwx-- /usr/sbin/named
0809D000 544K rwx-- [ heap ]
D21ED000 4K rw--R [ stack tid=4 ]
D21F0000 64K rwx-- [ anon ]
D2218000 4K rw--R [ stack tid=3 ]
D221B000 4K rwxs- [ anon ]
D2236000 16K rw--R [ stack tid=2 ]
D223C000 64K rw---- [ anon ]
D224E000 64K rw---- [ anon ]
D2260000 24K rwx-- [ anon ]
D2270000 4K rwx-- [ anon ]
D2280000 24K r-x-- /lib/libuutil.so.1
D2296000 4K rw---- /lib/libuutil.so.1
D22A0000 4K r-x-- /lib/libdoor.so.1
D22B1000 4K rw---- /lib/libdoor.so.1
D22C0000 4K rwx-- [ anon ]
D22D0000 740K r-x-- /lib/libc.so.1
D2399000 24K rw---- /lib/libc.so.1
D239F000 8K rw---- /lib/libc.so.1
D23B0000 16K r-x-- /lib/libthread.so.1
D23C0000 12K r-x-- /lib/libpthread.so.1
D23D0000 88K r-x-- /lib/libscf.so.1
D23F6000 4K rw---- /lib/libscf.so.1
D2400000 4K rwx-- [ anon ]
D2410000 44K r-x-- /lib/libsocket.so.1
D242B000 4K rw---- /lib/libsocket.so.1
D2430000 512K r-x-- /lib/libnsl.so.1
D24B0000 20K rw---- /lib/libnsl.so.1
D24B5000 32K rw---- /lib/libnsl.so.1
D24C0000 228K r-x-- /usr/lib/dns/libisc.so.7.1.5
D2508000 8K rwx-- /usr/lib/dns/libisc.so.7.1.5
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D2525000 4K rwx-- /usr/lib/dns/libisccc.so.0.1.0

D2530000 4K rwx-- [ anon ]
D2540000 924K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
D2637000 84K rw---- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
D264C000 8K rw---- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
D2650000 48K r-x-- /usr/lib/dns/libisccfg.so.0.0.11
D266B000 12K rwx-- /usr/lib/dns/libisccfg.so.0.0.11
D2670000 1024K r-x-- /usr/lib/dns/libdns.so.16.0.0
D277F000 20K rwx-- /usr/lib/dns/libdns.so.16.0.0
D2790000 4K rwx-- [ anon ]
D27A0000 56K r-x-- /usr/lib/dns/liblwres.so.1.1.2
D27BD000 4K rwx-- /usr/lib/dns/liblwres.so.1.1.2
D27CA000 132K r-x-- /lib/ld.so.1
D27FB000 4K rwx-- /lib/ld.so.1
D27FC000 8K rwx-- /lib/ld.so.1
total 5192K

This command helps in the process of fine-tuning large applications, especially for resolving emory
leak issues

preap

# ps -efl|grep 551
0 Z root 551 550 0 0 - - 0 -
- ? 0:00 <defunct>
# preap 551
551: exited with status 0
# ps -efl|grep 551

In above example, this tool successfully removes zombie process. Otherwise the only way to kill
them is to reboot

prstat

# prstat
PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP
744 root 4376K 4080K cpu0 39 0 0:00:00 0.4% prstat/1
560 root 6988K 1944K sleep 59 0 0:00:01 0.1% sshd/1
468 root 31M 13M sleep 59 0 0:00:04 0.1% Xorg/1
550 root 9576K 6856K sleep 59 0 0:00:01 0.0% dtgreet/1
577 root 1160K 892K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% ksh/1
366 root 3476K 2472K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% nscd/27
699 root 6984K 1948K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% sshd/1
506 root 6672K 4776K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% snmpd/1
476 root 2724K 1552K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% dmispd/1
481 root 3268K 1964K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% snmpXdmid/2
532 root 2492K 1928K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% vold/5
538 root 2352K 1564K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% devfsadm/6
457 root 4448K 1668K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% dtlogin/1
458 root 2040K 1240K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% snmpdx/1
466 root 1468K 724K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% fbconsole/1
413 root 1700K 700K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% smcboot/1
562 root 1076K 824K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% sh/1
412 root 1700K 700K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% smcboot/1
356 root 3336K 1176K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% sshd/1
533 root 7480K 2860K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% dtlogin/1
411 root 1704K 1032K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% smcboot/1
263 root 1064K 620K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% utmpd/1
359 root 4400K 2212K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% syslogd/16
261 root 3936K 3004K sleep 59 0 0:00:02 0.0% inetd/4
264 root 1888K 1084K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% ttymon/1
241 daemon 2340K 1520K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% statd/1
122 root 1328K 904K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% powerd/3
202 root 2228K 884K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% cron/1
96 root 2128K 1288K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% syseventd/14
554 root 7200K 3664K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% sshd/1
361 root 9272K 5640K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% fmd/14
244 daemon 2072K 1312K sleep 60 -20 0:00:00 0.0% lockd/2
55 root 1952K 924K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% dhcpagent/1
253 root 1700K 892K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% sac/1
232 daemon 2288K 1012K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% rpcbind/1
123 daemon 3908K 2016K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% kcfd/3
117 root 2468K 1544K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% picld/4
339 root 4252K 1592K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% automountd/3
175 root 1852K 952K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% in.routed/1
9 root 9000K 8068K sleep 59 0 0:00:11 0.0% svc.configd/18
7 root 8888K 7940K sleep 59 0 0:00:05 0.0% svc.startd/13
260 root 1948K 1168K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% ttymon/1

The program in default view is less informative that top, but can give you info for zones, projects and
even for processes bind to specific processor. Use the -u option to limit display to specific users.
Use the -p option to limit display to specific processes
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prun - see example of pstop

ps

# /usr/bin/ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
562 pts/2 0:00 sh
577 pts/2 0:00 ksh
757 pts/2 0:00 ps
# /usr/ucb/ps
PID TT S TIME COMMAND
260 console S 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -d /dev/console -l
console -T sun-color -m ldterm,ttcompat -h -p unknown console lo
562 pts/2 S 0:00 -sh
577 pts/2 S 0:00 ksh -o ksh
759 pts/2 O 0:00 /usr/ucb/ps
701 pts/3 S 0:00 -sh

psig

# psig 636
636: /usr/sbin/named
HUP default
INT default
QUIT default
ILL default
TRAP default
ABRT default
EMT default
FPE default
KILL default
BUS default
SEGV default
SYS default
PIPE ignored
ALRM default
TERM default
USR1 default
USR2 default
CLD default NOCLDSTOP
PWR default
WINCH default
URG default
POLL default
STOP default
TSTP ignored
CONT default
TTIN ignored
TTOU ignored
VTALRM default
PROF default
XCPU default
XFSZ ignored
WAITING default
LWP default
FREEZE default
THAW default
CANCEL default
LOST default
XRES default
JVM1 default
JVM2 default
RTMIN default
RTMIN+1 default
RTMIN+2 default
RTMIN+3 default
RTMAX-3 default
RTMAX-2 default
RTMAX-1 default
RTMAX default

pstack

# pstack 636
636: /usr/sbin/named
---------------------- lwp# 1 / thread# 1 --------------------------
d23700a5 sigtimedwait (8047ce0, 8047cf0, 0)
d23655a6 sigwait (8047dc0) + 1c
d235e206 __posix_sigwait (8047dc0, 8047e60) + 2e
d24db3dd isc_app_run (8047ec8, 8047e60, d27fb840, 0, 8047e98, 805c33e)
+ 158
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08066da7 main (1, 8047ea4, 8047eac) + fe

0805c33e ???????? (1, 8047f30, 0, 8047f40, 8047f47, 8047f5f)
---------------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 --------------------------
d236fc99 lwp_park (0, 0, 0)
d236a501 cond_wait_queue (80a2a7c, 80a2a48, 0, 0) + 3b
d236a9fa _cond_wait (80a2a7c, 80a2a48) + 66
d236aa3c cond_wait (80a2a7c, 80a2a48) + 21
d236aa75 pthread_cond_wait (80a2a7c, 80a2a48) + 1b
d24d871b dispatch (80a2a40, d2239fec, d236f93e, 80a2a40, 0, 0) + a0
d24d8ba2 run (80a2a40) + c
d236f93e _thr_setup (d2262400) + 4e
d236fc20 _lwp_start (d2262400, 0, 0, d2239ff8, d236fc20, d2262400)
---------------------- lwp# 3 / thread# 3 --------------------------
d236fc99 lwp_park (0, d2218ec8, 0)
d236a501 cond_wait_queue (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, d2218ec8, 0) + 3b
d236a8a1 cond_wait_common (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, d2218ec8) + 1df
d236aad5 _cond_timedwait (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, d2218f28) + 51
d236ab40 cond_timedwait (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, d2218f28) + 24
d236ab7c pthread_cond_timedwait (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, d2218f28) + 1e
d24e7601 isc_condition_waituntil (80a2ae8, 80a2ab8, 80a2ae0) + 81
d24da800 run (80a2ab0) + a2
d236f93e _thr_setup (d21f0000) + 4e
d236fc20 _lwp_start (d21f0000, 0, 0, d2218ff8, d236fc20, d21f0000)
---------------------- lwp# 4 / thread# 4 --------------------------
d2370cd5 pollsys (d21edce0, 6, 0, 0)
d231ecca pselect (1c, d21ede40, d21edec0, d239a868, 0, 0) + 18e
d231efad select (1c, d21ede40, d21edec0, 0, 0) + 6f
d24e355c watcher (80a5bd0) + bd
d236f93e _thr_setup (d21f0400) + 4e
d236fc20 _lwp_start (d21f0400, 0, 0, d21edff8, d236fc20, d21f0400)

This command can sometimes be very helpful for debugging daemons. You can see the function call
stack by thread, in real-time

pstop

# ps -efl|grep ssh
0 S root 554 356 0 40 20 d419b870 1800 d4c87e72
21:03:52 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
0 S root 356 1 0 40 20 d4195320 834 d49f3432
21:02:46 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
0 S root 560 554 0 40 20 d41931a0 1747 d4c87ab2
21:05:03 ? 0:02 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
0 S root 812 809 0 40 20 d418a270 1746 d50402f2
22:09:00 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
0 S root 809 356 0 40 20 d4189a10 1801 d4c874f2
22:08:47 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
# pstop 356
# ssh localhost
(here I stop with ctrl-C ssh client after 5 minutes of waiting)
# prun 356
# ssh localhost
The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is da:14:db:bc:2f:e0:0f:ef:f6:3f:12:0e:f4:77:0c:00.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Password:
Last login: Wed Jun 13 22:09:00 2007 from gateway
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
#

Command is interesting, but I don't see much benefit for daily tasks

ptree

# ptree
7 /lib/svc/bin/svc.startd
253 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
264 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon
260 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -d /dev/console -l console -T sun-color
-m ldterm,ttcomp
9 /lib/svc/bin/svc.configd
55 /sbin/dhcpagent
96 /usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd
117 /usr/lib/picl/picld
122 /usr/lib/power/powerd
123 /usr/lib/crypto/kcfd
175 /usr/sbin/in.routed
202 /usr/sbin/cron
232 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
241 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
244 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
261 /usr/lib/inet/inetd
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263 /usr/lib/utmpd
339 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd
356 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
554 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
560 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
562 -sh
577 ksh -o vi
771 ptree
696 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
699 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
701 -sh
359 /usr/sbin/syslogd
361 /usr/lib/fm/fmd/fmd
366 /usr/sbin/nscd
411 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
412 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
413 /usr/sadm/lib/smc/bin/smcboot
457 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon
466 /usr/openwin/bin/fbconsole -n -d :0
468 /usr/X11/bin/Xorg :0 -depth 24 -nobanner -auth /var/dt/A:0-Zgai5a
533 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon
550 dtgreet -display :0
458 /usr/lib/snmp/snmpdx -y -c /etc/snmp/conf
476 /usr/lib/dmi/dmispd
481 /usr/lib/dmi/snmpXdmid -s unknown
506 /usr/sfw/sbin/snmpd
532 /usr/sbin/vold -f /etc/vold.conf
538 devfsadmd
636 /usr/sbin/named

No need for comments :-)

pwait

# ps -efl|grep name
0 S root 875 1 0 45 20 d4188950 1298 d553ab16
22:17:58 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/named
# pwait 875
(in this moment from another terminal I execute svcadm disable
dns/server)
#

Maybe this command will be great in some specific scripts

pwdx

# pwdx 636
636: /var/named

Can be helpful in case of strange errors when unmount some filesystem

truss

# truss ls
execve("/usr/bin/ls", 0x08047E40, 0x08047E48) argc = 1
resolvepath("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", "/lib/ld.so.1", 1023) = 12
resolvepath("/usr/bin/ls", "/usr/bin/ls", 1023) = 11
sysconfig(_CONFIG_PAGESIZE) = 4096
xstat(2, "/usr/bin/ls", 0x08047C38) = 0
open("/var/ld/ld.config", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
xstat(2, "/lib/libsec.so.1", 0x080474D0) = 0
resolvepath("/lib/libsec.so.1", "/lib/libsec.so.1", 1023) = 16
open("/lib/libsec.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0x00010000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ALIGN, 3, 0)
= 0xD27C0000
mmap(0x00010000, 139264, PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2790000
mmap(0xD2790000, 49071, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2790000
mmap(0xD27AC000, 12169, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 49152) = 0xD27AC000
mmap(0xD27AF000, 8536, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD27AF000
munmap(0xD279C000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xD2790000, 8776, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0

mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,

MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2780000
xstat(2, "/lib/libc.so.1", 0x080474D0) = 0
resolvepath("/lib/libc.so.1", "/lib/libc.so.1", 1023) = 14
open("/lib/libc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
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4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,

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= 0xD27C0000
mmap(0x00010000, 856064, PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD26A0000
mmap(0xD26A0000, 754581, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD26A0000
mmap(0xD2769000, 24239, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 757760) = 0xD2769000
mmap(0xD276F000, 5656, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD276F000
munmap(0xD2759000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xD26A0000, 120300, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
xstat(2, "/lib/libavl.so.1", 0x080474D0) = 0
resolvepath("/lib/libavl.so.1", "/lib/libavl.so.1", 1023) = 16
open("/lib/libavl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0xD27C0000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0)
= 0xD27C0000
mmap(0x00010000, 73728, PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2680000
mmap(0xD2680000, 2788, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2680000
mmap(0xD2691000, 204, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 4096) = 0xD2691000
munmap(0xD2681000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xD2680000, 1056, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xD27C0000, 4096) = 0
mmap(0x00010000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD27C0000
getcontext(0x080479D0)
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, 0x080479C8) = 0
getpid() = 786 [785]
lwp_private(0, 1, 0xD27C2000) = 0x000001C3
setustack(0xD27C2060)
sysi86(SI86FPSTART, 0xD276FCD8, 0x0000133F, 0x00001F80) = 0x00000001
brk(0x080651E8) = 0
brk(0x080671E8) = 0
time() = 1181761288
ioctl(1, TCGETA, 0x08047B9C) = 0
ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, 0x08064460) = 0
brk(0x080671E8) = 0
brk(0x080711E8) = 0
lstat64(".", 0x08046A70) = 0
openat(-3041965, ".", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fcntl(3, F_SETFD, 0x00000001) = 0
fstat64(3, 0x08047AC0) = 0
getdents64(3, 0xD27C4000, 8192) = 992
getdents64(3, 0xD27C4000, 8192) = 0
close(3) = 0
ioctl(1, TCGETA, 0x08045E44) = 0
fstat64(1, 0x08045DB0) = 0
TT_DB cdrom etc kernel mnt platform
system var
write(1, " T T _ D B ".., 88) = 88
bin dev export lib net proc
tmp vol
write(1, " b i n ".., 88) = 88
boot devices home lost+found opt sbin
usr
write(1, " b o o t ".., 76) = 76
_exit(0)

Shows you system calls made by a process along with parameters of the function - very good for
program execution traces. Use -u a.out to see user-level function calls. Note "a.out" is typed literally
as "a.out" - not replaced with the name of the program

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