dtrace discuss - Feb 2010 - dtrace to monitor gnome

Hi,

I am working on a project that requires me to understand the working of gnome
desktop environment. In particular, I''d like to know what happens when
a user opens a directory on the desktop (I am particularly interested in what
function call takes place and what makes the function call).

Can anyone please help me with a dtrace script that would give me the required
information?

Thanks in advance.

Nischal E Rao
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> I am working on a project that requires me to understand the working of
gnome desktop
> environment. In particular, I''d like to know what happens when a
user opens a directory
> on the desktop (I am particularly interested in what function call takes
place and what
> makes the function call).
You could see the system calls using the "truss" command (type
"man truss" to read the man page for details) but the truss command is
very intense in terms of how much system resources it uses to trace the system
calls of the process. If you have the "Dtrace Tool kit" installed on
your system, there is a much better version of the truss command written in the
Dtrace D language called "dtruss", you can find it in this location on
OpenSolaris:

  /opt/DTT/dtruss
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