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Further information

For further information about systemtap, several sources are available.

There are man pages:

stap systemtap program usage, language summary
stapfuncs functions provided by tapsets
stapprobes probes / probe aliases provided by tapsets
stapex some example scripts

Then, there is the source code itself. Since systemtap is free software, you should have available the entire source code. The source files in the tapset/ directory are also packaged along with the systemtap binary. Since systemtap reads these files rather than their documentation, they are the most reliable way to see what's inside all the tapsets. Use the -v (verbose) command line option, several times if you like, to show inner workings.

Finally, there is the project web site (http://sources.redhat.com/systemtap/) with several articles, an archived public mailing list for users and developers (systemtap@sources.redhat.com), and a live CVS source repository. Come join us!