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Process Tracing
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If a Dovecot's process hangs or is just really slow, the best way to debug it
is to see what it's really doing. Typically you'd be looking into imap or pop3
processes.
Linux
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strace -tt -o log -p <process pid>
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BSDs, OS X <= 10.4
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# enable process tracing
ktrace -f log -p <process pid>
# do whatever makes it break, then stop the process tracing:
ktrace -C
# and see what it's done:
kdump -T -f log
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OS X >= 10.5
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dtruss -p <process id>
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Solaris
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truss -d -r0 -w1 -o log -p <process pid>
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'-r0' and '-w1' cause all IMAP input/output to be logged. '-d' adds timestamps
to the log.
(This file was created from the wiki on 2018-05-23 04:42)