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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:34:00 -0000
From: Nurdin Premji <npremji@redhat.com>
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This is bug:
<http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3752>

Nurdin Premji wrote:
> I'm going to be refactoring how the command line utilities will parse 
> their arguments to make them as unified as possible.
>
> I've identified 4 types of input that can be passed to a command line 
> utility: Pids, Core files, a command (executable with options), or 
> nothing.
>
> Here is my interpretation of which command line utilities can take 
> what types of arguments.
>
> fcatch: pids, or a command.
> fcore: pids.
> fhpd: pids, corefiles, a command or nothing.
> fstack: pids or cores.
> fstep: pids or a command.
> ftrace: pids or a command.
>
> Is there anything I'm forgetting, or adding?