problem? with strace: what type of path is expected for --output=<file>

[David A. Cobb]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

>On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:24:19PM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote:
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>>Perhaps the problem is whether strace likes cygwin paths, or wants 
>>Windoze paths:
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>Nope.  The problem is a cockpit error.
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Urm, no great surprise!

>>506 $ touch ~/.xemacs/strace.out
>>507 $ strace --output=~/.xemacs/strace.out "xemacs -debug-init 
>>-debug-paths 2>~/.xemacs/startup.log"
>>strace.exe: can't open ~/.xemacs/strace.out: No such file or directory
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>As on UNIX, "~" is expanded by the shell but only when it begins a word.
>Shells don't expand things that are preceded by an '='.
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AHA!!!

>>508 $ strace "xemacs -debug-init -debug-paths 2>~/.xemacs/startup.log"
>>strace.exe: error creating process xemacs -debug-init -debug-paths 
>>2>~/.xemacs/startup.log, (error 2)
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>You are telling strace to run a program called:
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>"xemacs -debug-init -debug-paths 2>~/.xemacs/startup.log"
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>Don't quote the arguments to strace.  strace doesn't start a shell
>to interpret things like 2> or "~".
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Also very helpful.  Many thanks!
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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
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