.TH tcl_flowtime.d 1m "$Date: 2015/09/30 22:01:09 $" "USER COMMANDS" .SH NAME tcl_flowtime.d - snoop Tcl execution showing procedure flow and delta times. .SH SYNOPSIS .B tcl_flowtime.d .SH DESCRIPTION This traces activity from all Tcl processes on the system with DTrace provider support (tcl8.4.16). This watches Tcl method entries and returns, and indents child method calls. .SH OS Any .SH STABILITY Evolving - uses the DTrace Tcl provider, which may change as additional features are introduced. Check Tcl/Readme to see what version these scripts are based on. .SH EXAMPLES .TP Default output, # .B tcl_flowtime.d .PP .SH FIELDS .TP C CPU-id .TP PID Process ID .TP TIME(us) Time since boot, us .TP DELTA(us) Elapsed time from previous line to this line .TP CALL Tcl command or procedure name .SH LEGEND .TP \-> procedure entry .TP <\- procedure return .TP > command entry .TP < command return .SH WARNING Watch the first column carefully, it prints the CPU-id. If it changes, then it is very likely that the output has been shuffled. .PP .SH DOCUMENTATION See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Examples, Notes and Docs directories. The example files may be especially useful as they aim to demonstrate how to interpret the output. .SH EXIT tcl_flowtime.d will run until Ctrl-C is hit. .SH AUTHOR Brendan Gregg [CA, USA] .SH SEE ALSO dtrace(1M) |