Solaris commands for process management - apptrace

apptrace – this commend is used for tracing library calls

bash-3.2# apptrace man
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int atexit(int (*)() = 0xfefce738)
<- man      -> libc.so.1:atexit()
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int atexit(int (*)() = 0x8054eac)
<- man      -> libc.so.1:atexit()
-> man      -> libc.so.1:void __fpstart(void)
<- man      -> libc.so.1:__fpstart() = 0xfecd8754
-> man      -> libc.so.1:access(0x80559a4, 0x1, 0x8047608) ** NR
-> man      -> libc.so.1:char * setlocale(int = 0x6, const char * = 0x80559a0 "")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:setlocale() = 0xfec7c045
-> man      -> libc.so.1:char * setlocale(int = 0x5, const char * = 0x0 <NULL>)
<- man      -> libc.so.1:setlocale() = 0xfec7c045
-> man      -> libc.so.1:strcpy(0x80669e8, 0xfec7c045, 0x8047608) ** NR
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x805599c "C", const char * = 0x80669e8 "C")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:strcmp()
-> man      -> libc.so.1:char * textdomain(const char * = 0x8055988 "SUNW_OST_OSCMD")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:textdomain() = 0x80683e0
-> man      -> libc.so.1:strcpy(0x80665e8, 0x8055980, 0x8047608) ** NR
-> man      -> libc.so.1:char * getenv(const char * = 0x8054fe0 "MANPATH")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:getenv() = 0x80476d5
-> man      -> libc.so.1:strrchr(0x8047678, 0x2f, 0x8047608) ** NR
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047678 "man", const char * = 0x8054fd8 "apropos")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xc
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047678 "man", const char * = 0x8055978 "whatis")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xfffffff6
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int strcmp(const char * = 0x8047678 "man", const char * = 0x8055964 "catman")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:strcmp() = 0xa
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int getopt(int = 0x1, char *const * = 0x8047540, const char * = 0x8066420 "FfkrP:M:T:ts:lad")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:getopt() = 0xffffffff
-> man      -> libc.so.1:char * gettext(const char * = 0x8055858 "usage:        man [-] [-adFlrt] [-M path] [-T macro-package ] [ -s section ] name ...
        man [-M path] -k keyword ...
        man [-M path] -f file ...")
<- man      -> libc.so.1:gettext() = 0x8055858
-> man      -> libc.so.1:int fprintf(FILE * = 0x8067610, const char * = 0x8054f9c "%s
", void * = 0x8055858, ...)
usage:  man [-] [-adFlrt] [-M path] [-T macro-package ] [ -s section ] name ...
        man [-M path] -k keyword ...
        man [-M path] -f file ...
<- man      -> libc.so.1:fprintf() = 0x88
-> man      -> libc.so.1:exit(0x2, 0x8047608, 0x80474fc) ** NR

in the above example you can clearly see library calls like setlocale(), fprintf(), strcmp(), getenv(), etc.