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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Juan Cespedes <cespedes@etsit.upm.es>
.\" This file is covered by the GNU GPL
.TH ltrace 1 
.SH NAME
ltrace \- A library call tracer

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ltrace
.I "[-d] [-o filename] command [arg ...]"

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ltrace
is a program that simply runs the specified
.I command
until it exits.  It intercepts and records the dynamic library calls
which are called by the executed process and the signals which are
received by that process.
.PP
Its use is very similar to
.BR strace (1).

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I \-d
Enable debugging
.TP
.I \-o filename
Write the trace output to the file
.I filename
rather than to stderr.

.SH BUGS
At the moment, there are too many bugs to list here.
.PP
If you like to report a bug, send a notice to the author.

.SH AUTHOR
Juan Cespedes <cespedes@etsit.upm.es>

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR strace(1) ,
.BR ptrace(2)