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NAME
sotruss - trace shared library calls through PLT

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

DESCRIPTION
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 ex-
ecuted process via the Procedure Linkage Table (PLT). It outputs the caller, the calle and
the parameters as each call is executed.

OPTIONS
-F, --from FROMLIST
Trace calls from objects on FROMLIST.

-T, --to TOLIST
Trace calls to objects on TOLIST.

-e, --exit
Also show exits from the function calls.

-f, --follow
Trace child processes as they are created by currently traced processes as a result
of the fork(2) system call.

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

-?, --help
Give this help list

--usage
Give a short usage message

--version
Print program version

AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.