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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)ktrace.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dt KTRACE 1
+.Os BSD 4.4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ktrace
+.Nd enable kernel process tracing
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm ktrace
+.Op Fl aCcdi
+.Op Fl f Ar trfile
+.Op Fl g Ar pgrp
+.Op Fl p Ar pid
+.Op Fl t Ar trstr
+.Nm ktrace
+.Op Fl adi
+.Op Fl f Ar trfile
+.Op Fl t Ar trstr
+command
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Ktrace
+enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes.
+Kernel trace data is logged to the file
+.Pa ktrace.out .
+The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei
+translations, signal processing, and
+.Tn I/O .
+.Pp
+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
+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:
+.Pp
+.Dl \&$ trace -C
+.Pp
+The trace file is not human readable; use
+.Xr kdump 1
+to decode it.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl a
+Append to the trace file instead of truncating it.
+.It Fl C
+Disable tracing on all user owned processes, and, if executed by root, all
+processes in the system.
+.It Fl c
+Clear the trace points associated with the specified file or processes.
+.It Fl d
+Descendants; perform the operation for all current children of the
+designated processes.
+.It Fl f Ar file
+Log trace records to
+.Ar file
+instead of
+.Pa ktrace.out .
+.It Fl g Ar pgid
+Enable (disable) tracing on all processes in the process group (only one
+.Fl g
+flag is permitted).
+.It Fl i
+Inherit; pass the trace flags to all future children of the designated
+processes.
+.It Fl p Ar pid
+Enable (disable) tracing on the indicated process id (only one
+.Fl p
+flag is permitted).
+.It Fl t Ar trstr
+The string argument represents the kernel trace points, one per letter.
+The following table equates the letters with the tracepoints:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width flag -compact
+.It Cm c
+trace system calls
+.It Cm n
+trace namei translations
+.It Cm i
+trace
+.Tn I/O
+.It Cm s
+trace signal processing
+.El
+.It Ar command
+Execute
+.Ar command
+with the specified trace flags.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl p ,
+.Fl g ,
+and
+.Ar command
+options are mutually exclusive.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+# trace all kernel operations of process id 34
+.Dl $ ktrace -p 34
+.Pp
+# trace all kernel operations of processes in process group 15 and
+# pass the trace flags to all current and future children
+.Dl $ ktrace -idg 15
+.Pp
+# disable all tracing of process 65
+.Dl $ ktrace -cp 65
+.Pp
+# disable tracing signals on process 70 and all current children
+.Dl $ ktrace -t s -cdp 70
+.Pp
+# enable tracing of
+.Tn I/O
+on process 67
+.Dl $ ktrace -ti -p 67
+.Pp
+# run the command "w", tracing only system calls
+.Dl $ ktrace -tc w
+.Pp
+# disable all tracing to the file "tracedata"
+.Dl $ ktrace -c -f tracedata
+.Pp
+# disable tracing of all processes owned by the user
+.Dl $ ktrace -C
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr kdump 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm ktrace
+command appears in
+.Bx 4.4 .
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