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To: Sarita N <sarita_navuluru@rediffmail.com>
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Subject: Re: KERNEL SYSTEM CALLS DEFINITIONS
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On 9 Dec 2001, Sarita  N wrote:

> 
> Hello,
>          I am a grad student at the university of nebraska lincoln.
> I have to build a tool in C that would caputure the system calls and signals between a user application adn the operating system.  
> 
> I have started studying the Linux kernel.  Can I know how to go about it.  Where , in which Kernel file can I find the definitions of the various system calls - how have they been implemented in the kernel?
> 
> How do I go about the project?

a) look at strace
b) look at memtrace (probably simpler than strace to understand) 
   http://volodya-project.sf.net - memtrace is a part of
   "Preload" package.

                               Vladimir Dergachev

> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Sarita Navuluru. 
> 
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