.TH lastwords 1m "Jun 08, 2005" "version 0.70" "USER COMMANDS" .SH NAME lastwords \- print syscalls before exit. Uses DTrace. .SH SYNOPSIS .B lastwords command .SH DESCRIPTION This prints the last few system calls for processes matching the given name, when they exit. This makes use of a ring buffer so that the impact on the system is minimised. Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command. .SH EXAMPLES .TP Catch last few syscalls for dying netscape processes, # .B lastwords netscape .PP .SH FIELDS .TP TIME time of syscall return, ns .TP PID process ID .TP EXEC process name (execname) .TP SYSCALL system call .TP RETURN return value for the system call .TP ERR errno for the system call .PP .SH BASED ON /usr/demo/dtrace/ring.d .PP .SH DOCUMENTATION DTrace Guide "Buffers and Buffering" chapter (docs.sun.com) See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output. .SH EXIT lastwords will sample until a command with that name exits. .SH SEE ALSO dtruss(1M), dtrace(1M)