[pooriaazimi]

I'm yet to find a decent introduction to strace (or dtrace). I'd appreciate if someone could point me to one...

[jswanson]

Here's a post outlining how strace can be used to solve problems:

https://blogs.oracle.com/ksplice/entry/strace_the_sysadmin_s...

More from a sysadmin POV than a dev, but you'd probably still find it useful.