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.TH dtrace 7D "4 Sep 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "Devices"
.SH NAME
dtrace \- DTrace dynamic tracing facility
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
The \fBdtrace\fR driver provides the dynamic instrumentation and tracing
facilities for the DTrace software, as well as the built-in \fBdtrace\fR
provider. The \fBdtrace\fR driver is not a public interface and you access the
instrumentation offered by this provider through DTrace tools such as
\fBdtrace\fR(1M).  Refer to the \fISolaris Dynamic Tracing Guide\fR for a
description of the public documented interfaces available for the DTrace
facility and dtrace provider probes.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
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.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
.sp

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.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability Private
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBdtrace\fR(1M), \fBlibdtrace\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)
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.LP
\fISolaris Dynamic Tracing Guide\fR