Phil Risby wrote:
> 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?
I can't help you with Mandrake, I suspect that something is going on in
the initscripts to build that file (kdmrc).
However, debugging apps is another thing. I suggest you read the man
pages for:
strace, ltrace, gdb, strings
strings can be used to figure out what files a program opens, among
other things.
strace and ltrace can tell you what system calls a program makes, and
can be very useful for non-interactive debugging.
gdb is a full featured debugger, but is more difficult to use than a
simple strace.
MSG
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