Here's a post outlining how strace can be used to solve problems: https://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/strace_the_sysadmin_s_microscope https://blogs.oracle.

Here's a post outlining how strace can be used to solve problems: https://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/strace_the_sysadmin_s_microscope https://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/strace_the_sysadmin_s... More from a sysadmin POV than a dev, but you'd probably still find it useful.