Re: ptrace vs /proc

Robert Love
2002-06-20T21:49:11Z

On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 14:46, Pradeep Padala wrote:

> As far as I could investigate, I didn't find any such interface in linux.
> Programs like strace do the tracing through ptrace only.
>
> Please let me know if you know more about this.

There is no such interface in Linux and currently no plans to develop a
Solaris-style /proc.

Some work that may go into 2.5, task ornaments, may facilitate easier
debugging and perhaps make such a /proc more feasible in the future.

Robert Love