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From: Ramkumar Chinchani <rc27@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
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Subject: Re: Ptracing each other
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The requirement is that I have a theoretical framework where no process
trusts the other. So they watch (trace) each process.

-Ram

==> Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>/5:09pm/Apr 3, 2002 <==

[but I'm confused..
[to trace a program you need to be gdb
[(or similar)  why would one gdb gdb when it's gdbing you?
[Maybe you need to explain WHY rather than WHAT.
[
[
[On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Ramkumar Chinchani wrote:
[
[>
[> Track means to basically trace the execution and watch the events that
[> occur without any interprocess communication.
[>
[> -Ram
[>
[> ==> Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>/4:59pm/Apr 3, 2002 <==
[>
[> [that depends on what you mean by "track"
[> [
[> [
[> [On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Ramkumar Chinchani wrote:
[> [
[> [>
[> [> Can two processes track each other through the proc file system then?
[> [>
[> [> I want a scenario where process P1 and P2 track each others execution.
[> [>
[> [> Is this possible at all?
[> [>
[> [> Thanks.
[> [>
[> [> -Ram
[> [
[>
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