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In computing, SystemTap () is a scripting language and tool for dynamically instrumenting running production Linux-based operating systems. System administrators can use SystemTap to extract, filter and summarize data in order to enable diagnosis of complex performance or functional problems.

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Platform
Linux
Official website
sourceware.org/systemtap
Has use
tracing
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programmed in
Q2407
operating system
Linux
source code repository URL
git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git
software version identifier
1.0
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Contents
  • History
  • Usage
  • Simple examples
  • Importing scripts from other tracing technologies
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

In computing, SystemTap () is a scripting language and tool for dynamically instrumenting running production Linux-based operating systems. System administrators can use SystemTap to extract, filter and summarize data in order to enable diagnosis of complex performance or functional problems.

SystemTap consists of free and open-source software and includes contributions from Red Hat, IBM, Intel, Hitachi, Oracle, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other community members.

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