trace(1) BSD General Commands Manual trace(1)
NAME
trace -- configure and record kernel trace events
SYNOPSIS
trace -h
trace -i [-b numbufs]
trace -g
trace -d [-a pid | -x pid]
trace -r
trace -n
trace -e [-c class [-p class] [-s subclass]] [-a pid | -x pid]
[-k code | -k code | -k code | -k code]
trace -E [-c class [-p class] [-s subclass]] [-a pid | -x pid]
[-k code | -k code | -k code | -k code] executable_path
[optional args to executable]
trace -t [-R rawfile] [-o OutputFilename] [-N]
[ExtraCodeFilename1 ExtraCodeFilename2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
The trace command allows developers to initialize and configure the ker-
nel trace subsystem. Trace events can be recorded to an in-memory buffer,
or logged directly to a file. Raw data files can later be decoded to a
plaintext format.
SEE ALSO
fs_usage(1), sc_usage(1), latency(1), top(1)
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