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A trace is a log of execution of a process or method.

A trace is a log of execution of a process or method.

It is typically used during debugging in order to provide information to show the actions taken by code.

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How to echo shell commands as they are executed

In a shell script, how do I echo all shell commands called and expand any variable names? For example, given the following line: ls $DIRNAME I would like the script to run the command and display the following ls /full/path/to/some/dir The purpose…
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Logging best practices

I'd like to get stories on how people are handling tracing and logging in real applications. Here are some questions that might help to explain your answer. Frameworks What frameworks do you…
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How can I debug git/git-shell related problems?

How can I have some debug information regarding git/git-shell? I had a problem, that user1 could clone a repository without problem, while user2 could clone only an empty one. I had set GIT_TRACE=1, but nothing useful was told. Finally, after a…
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How can I add (simple) tracing in C#?

I want to introduce some tracing to a C# application I am writing. Sadly, I can never really remember how it works and would like a tutorial with reference qualities to check up on every now and then. It should include: App.config / Web.config…
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When tracing out variables in the console, How to create a new line?

So I'm trying to do something simple, I want to break up my traces in the console into several lines, using 1 console.log statement: console.log('roleName = '+roleName+' role_ID = '+role_ID+' modal_ID = '+modal_ID+\n+'related = '+related); How…
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Redirect Trace output to Console

Let's say I'm working on a little batch-processing console app in VB.Net. I want to be able to structure the app like this: Sub WorkerMethod() 'Do some work Trace.WriteLine("Work progress") 'Do more work Trace.WriteLine("Another…
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How to use trace and dbg in Erlang to debug and trace my program?

I am trying to start using erlang:trace/3 and the dbg module to trace the behaviour of a live production system without taking the server down. The documentation is opaque (to put it mildly) and there don't appear to be any useful tutorials…
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log4net versus TraceSource

In this thread many people have indicated that they use log4net. I am a fan of TraceSources and would like to know why log4net is used. Here is why I like trace sources: Pluggable listeners - XML, TextFile, Console, EventLog, roll your…
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Tool to trace local function calls in Linux

I am looking for a tool like ltrace or strace that can trace locally defined functions in an executable. ltrace only traces dynamic library calls and strace only traces system calls. For example, given the following C program: #include…
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How to define custom TraceListener in app.config

I have implemented a custom trace listener (derived from TextWriteTraceListener) and now I would like to set my application to use it instead of standard TextWriteTraceListener. First I added default TextWriteTraceListener in order to make sure it…
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How to "debug" Haskell with printfs?

coming from the Ocaml community, I'm trying to learn a bit of Haskell. The transition goes quite well but I'm a bit confused with debugging. I used to put (lots of) "printf" in my ocaml code, to inspect some intermediate values, or as flag to see…
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What is the difference between Tracing and Logging?

From the terminology point of view and in general, what is the difference between a tracing and a logging ? Thanks!
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Trace Python imports

My Python library just changed it's main module name from foo.bar to foobar. For backward compat, foo.bar still exists, but importing it raises a few warnings. Now, it seems some example program still imports from the old module, but not…
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Tracing versus Logging and how does log4net fit in?

I am wondering about what the difference between logging and tracing is. Is the difference basically that tracing is more detailed log giving developers a tool to debug applications at runtime? I have been experimenting with log4net and doing…
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How do I enable Failed Request Tracing in IIS 10.0 on Windows 10 development PC?

How to I enable Failed Request Tracing in IIS 10.0 on my Windows 10 dev pc? I can find instructions for IIS7 and IIS8.5 (see http://www.iis.net/learn/troubleshoot/using-failed-request-tracing/troubleshooting-failed-requests-using-tracing-in-iis-85)…
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