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Linux Tools Project/Systemtap/User Guide/ide/frequentlyAskedQuestions.html
Frequently Asked Questions
This section details frequently asked questions relating to the IDE Perspective.
Where can I find information regarding the Systemtap scripting language?
A: The best place to look for up to date information regarding Systemtap itself is its <A HREF="http://sourceware.org/systemtap/documentation.html">homepage.</A>
How do I run a script once I've written it?
A: There are different options as far as running your Systemtap script. Please visit the <a href="menus.html#run">Run menu section</a> to learn more about the four ways of running Systemtap scripts.
Why does the application seem to hang when switchign to the IDE Perspective?
A: If this is the first time you are trying to open the IDE perspective, or have recently gotten a new version of SystemTap this is expected. In order to generate a full list of all of the available probes, and functions the GUI has to run the stap command. If there are tapsets that do not run correctly using the 'stap -up2' comamnd this takes a long time. In order to build as complete a list as possible it will use a binary filtering algorithm to figure out which tapset function is broken and generate data for all of the others.