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authorJoe Damato <ice799@gmail.com>2010-10-30 19:56:50 -0700
committerJoe Damato <ice799@gmail.com>2010-11-28 20:07:58 -0800
commitfa2aefc32eb4196966a14d1e7def931652f40d46 (patch)
tree1cf4edb3117d1da86aec9b641cf5ad118286c0b4 /ltrace.1
parentd568f51920d5b2e0813cb5bb7e3cca10fc404623 (diff)
downloadltrace-fa2aefc32eb4196966a14d1e7def931652f40d46.tar.gz
Merge -g option which avoids tracing libraries linked at compile time.
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diff --git a/ltrace.1 b/ltrace.1
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ltrace \- A library call tracer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ltrace
-.I "[-CfhiLrStttV] [-a column] [-A maxelts] [-D level] [-e expr] [-l filename] [-n nr] [-o filename] [-p pid] ... [-s strsize] [-u username] [-X extern] [-x extern] ... [--align=column] [--debug=level] [--demangle] [--help] [--indent=nr] [--library=filename] [--output=filename] [--version] [command [arg ...]]"
+.I "[-CfghiLrStttV] [-a column] [-A maxelts] [-D level] [-e expr] [-l filename] [-n nr] [-o filename] [-p pid] ... [-s strsize] [-u username] [-X extern] [-x extern] ... [--align=column] [--debug=level] [--demangle] [--help] [--indent=nr] [--library=filename] [--output=filename] [--version] [command [arg ...]]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ltrace
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Its use is very similar to
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I \-a, \-\-align column
-Align return values in a specific column (default column is 5/8 of screen width).
+Align return values in a specific
+.IR column
+(default column is 5/8 of screen width).
.TP
.I \-A maxelts
Maximum number of array elements to print before suppressing the rest with an ellipsis ("...")
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ currently traced processes as a result of the fork(2)
or clone(2) system calls.
The new process is attached immediately.
.TP
+.I \-g
+Do not place breakpoints on PLT entries. This option reduces
+the output of ltrace. This is commonly used to avoid tracing
+libc functions.
+.TP
.I \-F
Load an alternate config file. Normally, /etc/ltrace.conf and
~/.ltrace.conf will be read (the latter only if it exists).