On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 02:49:11PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Which brings me to another question
>
> How can I as a simple beginner ( only 5 year with Linux :-) find out what is
> going on when an application is fired up, some kind of debug or interactive
> mode.??? Like for example in the above case, I want to see what happens when I
> click on save, see where it is writing to. IS the only way by examination of
> the source?
Look at the man page for strace. It is an invaluable debugging tool
for apps which you haven't compiled yourself.
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