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Hi, In Solairs Dtrace User Guide, page 193, it lists the arguments of ERROR probe. One of these arguments is arg3, it is explained as "The DIF offset into that action or -1 if not applicable". Then what does the abbr. DIF mean? Regards TJ

Hi, we are developing and operating an very critical application in the financial sector. Now our customer wants us to report performance data (roundtrip times of the messages routed). My idea is using dtrace to measure the times with the pid provider catching the timestamps on entry of the in and out functions of the processes. Now my questions ;-): 1) Is this an appropriate method to monitor