Linux "sotruss" Command Line Options and Examples

trace shared library calls through PLT

sotruss is a small wrapper around ld.so that runs the specified executable until it exits. It intercepts and produce a trace of the dynamic library calls which are called by the executed process via the Procedure Link‐ age Table (PLT).

Usage:

sotruss [OPTION...] [--] EXECUTABLE [EXECUTABLE-OPTION...]

Command Line Options:

-F

Trace calls from objects on FROMLIST.


                            sotruss -F ...

-T

Trace calls to objects on TOLIST.


                            sotruss -T ...

-e

Also show exits from the function calls.


                            sotruss -e ...

-f

Trace child processes as they are created by currently traced processes as a result of the fork(2) sys‐tem call.


                            sotruss -f ...

-o

Write output to FILENAME (or FILENAME. in case -f is also used) instead of standard error.


                            sotruss -o ...

Give this help list


                            sotruss -? ...

--usage

Give a short usage message


                            sotruss --usage ...

--version

Print program versionAUTHORWritten by Ulrich Drepper.COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MER‐CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


                            sotruss --version ...