In C this would be done (non-standard) with "itoa", or in a more standard way using sprintf, neither of which exist in "D".
Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: dtrace-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:dtrace-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Adams > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:54 PM > To: venkateshu.cherukupa...@ubs.com > Cc: dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [dtrace-discuss] Convert fd into string > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 06:16:50PM -0400, > venkateshu.cherukupa...@ubs.com wrote: > > > > Yup, that will do. But, still I wonder why the typecast fails ? > > Because the argument is an integer, not a pointer to a kernel string? > > Typecasting in D is like typecasting in C: almost no work is done. > Certainly no lookup of the file descriptor table is done. > > Cheers, > - jonathan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chad Mynhier [mailto:cmynh...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:06 PM > > To: Cherukupalli, Venkateshu > > Cc: angelo.rajadu...@sun.com; dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org > > Subject: Re: [dtrace-discuss] Convert fd into string > > > > Why not just aggregate on the tuple <fd, file name>? Something like > this: > > > > syscall::read:entry > > { > > @c[arg0, fds[arg0].fi_pathname] = count(); } > > > > If the output's unsatisfactory, you could always use a printa() in en > END clause to get it into the format you want. > > > > Chad > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM, <venkateshu.cherukupa...@ubs.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I just need to print the file descriptor number as a string. I > > > would like to join fd and file name into one string and then > > > aggregate on reads/writes reason I want to do this is, for sockets > > > fi_pathname just shows up as "unknown" - instead if I can get fd, I > > > can do pfiles and get the socket details .. > > > > > > > > Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com > > > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only > > for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you > > should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please > notify > > the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by > > mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. > > > > E-mails are not encrypted and cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > > error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, > > destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender > > therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in > the > > contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. > > If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This > > message is provided for informational purposes and should not be > > construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or > > related financial instruments. > > > > > > UBS reserves the right to retain all messages. Messages are protected > > and accessed only in legally justified cases. > > _______________________________________________ > > dtrace-discuss mailing list > > dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ dtrace-discuss mailing list dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org