Hi Mike: James is right, this is private interface. You are on your own as far as stability is concerned. But if you are still interested I have provided some step by step example of using the C API in my dtrace hands on lab. See http://dtracehol.com/#Exercise_15
-Angelo On Nov 18, 2010, at 8:35 AM, James Carlson wrote: > Mike DeMarco wrote: >> Kudos to whoever wrote the header files. Very well documented. >> >> I will research but looks like dtrace_probe() will do what I want.. >> >> >> I remember seeing a blurb somewhere saying not to trust the library as it >> could and will change with growth. Is this true? > > The usual rule is that if there is no man page describing the interface > you're using, then it's technically classified as "private." That > doesn't mean that it's any sort of "secret" or that you can't use it, > but rather that it can change arbitrarily over time without notice. > Unless you get special agreement from the person or team that's > maintaining the interface, you can't depend on it remaining compatible. > > -- > James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carls...@workingcode.com> > _______________________________________________ > dtrace-discuss mailing list > dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ dtrace-discuss mailing list dtrace-discuss@opensolaris.org
