STAP(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual STAP(7)

# [NAME](#NAME)

stappaths - systemtap configurable file paths

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This manual page was generated for systemtap 5.6. The following section will list the main paths in systemtap that are important to know and may be required to reference.

/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/

The directory for the standard probe-alias / function tapset library, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_TAPSET* environment variable or the *XDG\_DATA\_DIRS* environment variable. These are described in the [*stapprobes*(3stap)](/man/enterprise-packages/systemtap/stapprobes.3stap), *probe::\**(3stap), and *function::\**(3stap) manual pages.

/usr/share/systemtap/runtime/

The runtime sources, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_RUNTIME* environment variable.

/usr/bin/staprun

The auxiliary program supervising module loading, interaction, and unloading.

/etc/stap-exporter

The default directory to search for **\*.stp** files, for exporting to HTTP.

${exec\_prefix}/libexec/systemtap/stapio

The auxiliary program for module input and output handling.

/usr/include/sys/sdt.h

Location of the <sys/sdt.h> headers.

[Kernel debuginfo Path: /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/](#Kernel)

The location of kernel debugging information when packaged into the *kernel-debuginfo* RPM, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_DEBUGINFO\_PATH* environment variable. The default value for this variable is *+:.debug:/usr/lib/debug:build*. elfutils searches vmlinux in this path and it interprets the path as a base directory of which various subdirectories will be searched for finding debuginfo for the kernel, kernel modules, and user-space binaries. By default, systemtap will also look for vmlinux in these locations:

```
/boot/vmlinux-`uname -r` 
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/vmlinux
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/.debug/vmlinux.debug
/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
/var/cache/abrt-di/usr/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/
/var/cache/abrt-di/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/`uname -r`/vmlinux.debug
```

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Corresponding source files are usually located under /usr/src/debug/. Further file information on user-space applications can be determined per-basis using rpm -ql <package>-debuginfo. For supported user-space applications information please visit the systemtap wiki.

With elfutils version >0.178, systemtap can automatically download debugging information from debuginfod servers. You can try it by setting an environment variable or two:

```
export DEBUGINFOD_URLS=https://debuginfod.elfutils.org/
export DEBUGINFOD_PROGRESS=1
```

$HOME/.systemtap

Systemtap data directory for cached systemtap files, unless overridden by the *SYSTEMTAP\_DIR* environment variable.

/tmp/stapXXXXXX

Temporary directory for systemtap files, including translated C code and kernel object.

/lib/modules/VERSION/build

The location of kernel module building infrastructure.

/usr/share/doc/systemtap\*/examples

Examples with greater detail can be found here. Each example comes with a .txt or .meta file explaining what the example, sample or demo does and how it is ordinarily run. See also online at: *https://sourceware.org/systemtap/examples/*

$SYSTEMTAP\_DIR/ssl/server

User's server-side SSL certificate database. If SYSTEMTAP\_DIR is not set, the default is $HOME/.systemtap.

$SYSTEMTAP\_DIR/ssl/client

User's private client-side SSL certificate database. If SYSTEMTAP\_DIR is not set, the default is $HOME/.systemtap.

/etc/systemtap/ssl/client

Global client-side SSL certificate database.

/etc/systemtap/staprun/

*staprun*'s trusted signer certificate database.

/etc/sysconfig/stap-server

stap-server service global configuration file.

/etc/sysconfig/stap-exporter

stap-exporter service global configuration file.

/var/run/stap-server/

stap-server service default location of status files for running servers.

/var/log/stap-server/log

stap-server service default log file.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

```
stapprobes(3stap),
staprun(8),
stapvars(3stap),
stapex(3stap),
stap-server(8),
awk(1),
gdb(1)
http://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html
```

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Use the Bugzilla link of the project web page or our mailing list. **http://sourceware.org/systemtap/**,**<systemtap@sourceware.org>**.

Systemtap Team

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Document: stappaths(7) from systemtap 5.6-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git