sotruss(1) trace shared library calls through PLT

SYNOPSIS

sotruss [,OPTION/...] [,--/] ,EXECUTABLE /[,EXECUTABLE-OPTION/...]

DESCRIPTION

sotruss is a small wrapper around ld.so that runs the specified executable until it exits. It intercepts and produce a trace of the dynamic library calls which are called by the executed process via the Procedure Linkage Table (PLT). It outputs the caller, the calle and the parameters as each call is executed.

OPTIONS

-F, --from FROMLIST
Trace calls from objects on FROMLIST.
-T, --to TOLIST
Trace calls to objects on TOLIST.
-e, --exit
Also show exits from the function calls.
-f, --follow
Trace child processes as they are created by currently traced processes as a result of the fork(2) system call.
-o, --output FILENAME
Write output to FILENAME (or FILENAME. in case -f is also used) instead of standard error.
-?, --help
Give this help list
--usage
Give a short usage message
--version
Print program version

AUTHOR

Written by Ulrich Drepper.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.