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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-04 15:53:41 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-04 15:53:41 +0000
commitdcefdfeec50bb1471680d40653c1a823d16b3c05 (patch)
treec4b5fab2b924e9ecc161e5e986b0727d11c6004a /usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.1
parent3ea0ff70e9d9413700211c9dad131c6a07f66d4b (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.1 b/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.1
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+++ b/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ktrace.1,v 1.7 1999/06/05 01:21:28 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ktrace.1,v 1.8 2000/03/04 15:53:40 aaron Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm ktrace
enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes.
-Kernel trace data is logged to the file
-.Pa ktrace.out .
+By default, kernel trace data is logged to the file
+.Pa ktrace.out ,
+unless overridden by the
+.Fl f
+option.
The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei
translations, signal processing, and
.Tn I/O .
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ translations, signal processing, and
Once tracing is enabled on a process, trace data will be logged until
either the process exits or the trace point is cleared.
A traced process can generate enormous amounts of log data quickly;
-It is strongly suggested that users memorize how to disable tracing before
+it is strongly suggested that users memorize how to disable tracing before
attempting to trace a process.
The following command is sufficient to disable tracing on all user owned
processes, and, if executed by root, all processes:
@@ -159,6 +162,11 @@ on process 67
.Pp
# disable tracing of all processes owned by the user
.Dl $ ktrace -C
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width ktrace.out -compact
+.It Pa ktrace.out
+default ktrace dump file
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kdump 1
.Sh HISTORY