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diff --git a/cddl/contrib/dtracetoolkit/Man/man1m/statsnoop.1m b/cddl/contrib/dtracetoolkit/Man/man1m/statsnoop.1m new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a1011d --- /dev/null +++ b/cddl/contrib/dtracetoolkit/Man/man1m/statsnoop.1m @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +.TH statsnoop 1m "$Date:: 2007-09-23 #$" "USER COMMANDS" +.SH NAME +statsnoop \- snoop file stats as they occur. Uses DTrace. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B statsnoop +[\-a|\-A|\-ceghsvxZ] [\-f pathname] [\-n name] [\-p PID] +.SH DESCRIPTION +statsnoop traces the stat variety of syscalls. +As a process issues a file stat, details +such as UID, PID and pathname are printed out. + +The returned file descriptor is printed, +a value of -1 indicates an error. This can be useful +for troubleshooting to determine if appliacions are attempting to +stat files that do not exist. + +Since this uses DTrace, only the root user or users with the +dtrace_kernel privilege can run this command. +.SH OS +Solaris +.SH STABILITY +stable - needs the syscall provider. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\-a +print all data +.TP +\-A +dump all data, space delimited +.TP +\-c +print current working directory of process +.TP +\-e +print errno value +.TP +\-g +print full command arguments +.TP +\-s +print start time, us +.TP +\-v +print start time, string +.TP +\-x +only print failed stats +.TP +\-Z +print zonename +.TP +\-f pathname +file pathname to snoop +.TP +\-n name +process name to snoop +.TP +\-p PID +process ID to snoop +.PP +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +Default output, print file stats by process as they occur, +# +.B statsnoop +.PP +.TP +Print human readable timestamps, +# +.B statsnoop +\-v +.PP +.TP +See error codes, +# +.B statsnoop +\-e +.PP +.TP +Snoop this file only, +# +.B statsnoop +\-f /etc/passwd +.PP +.SH FIELDS +.TP +ZONE +Zone name +.TP +UID +User ID +.TP +PID +Process ID +.TP +PPID +Parent Process ID +.TP +FD +File Descriptor (-1 is error) +.TP +ERR +errno value (see /usr/include/sys/errno.h) +.TP +CWD +current working directory of process +.TP +PATH +pathname for file stat +.TP +COMM +command name for the process +.TP +ARGS +argument listing for the process +.TP +TIME +timestamp for the stat event, us +.TP +STRTIME +timestamp for the stat event, string +.SH DOCUMENTATION +See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the +Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked +examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. +.SH EXIT +statsnoop will run forever until Ctrl\-C is hit. +.SH BUGS +occasionally the pathname for the file stat cannot be read +and the following error will be seen, + +dtrace: error on enabled probe ID 6 (...): invalid address + +this is normal behaviour. +.SH AUTHOR +Brendan Gregg +[Sydney, Australia] +.SH SEE ALSO +dtrace(1M), truss(1) + |