> I am working on a project that requires me to understand the working of gnome > desktop > environment. In particular, I'd like to know what happens when a user opens a > directory > on the desktop (I am particularly interested in what function call takes > place and what > makes the function call).
You could see the system calls using the "truss" command (type "man truss" to read the man page for details) but the truss command is very intense in terms of how much system resources it uses to trace the system calls of the process. If you have the "Dtrace Tool kit" installed on your system, there is a much better version of the truss command written in the Dtrace D language called "dtruss", you can find it in this location on OpenSolaris: /opt/DTT/dtruss -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ dtrace-discuss mailing list dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org
