~$ export LD_DEBUG=statistics ~$ ls 16706: 16706: runtime linker statistics: 16706: total startup time in dynamic loader: 642900 clock cycles 16706: time needed for relocation: 292469 clock cycles (45.4%) 16706: number of relocations: 118 16706: number of relocations from cache: 8 16706: time needed to load objects: 284155 clock cycles (44.1%) Mail/ apps/ bin/ c/ data/ doc/ downloads/ etc/ homework/ opt/ prog/ tmp/ 16706: 16706: runtime linker statistics: 16706: final number of relocations: 176 16706: final number of relocations from cache: 8 ~$ export LD_DEBUG=libs ~$ ls 16707: find library=librt.so.1; searching 16707: search cache=/etc/ld.so.cache 16707: trying file=/lib/librt.so.1 16707: 16707: find library=libc.so.6; searching 16707: search cache=/etc/ld.so.cache 16707: trying file=/lib/libc.so.6 16707: 16707: find library=libpthread.so.0; searching 16707: search cache=/etc/ld.so.cache 16707: trying file=/lib/libpthread.so.0 16707: 16707: 16707: calling init: /lib/libpthread.so.0 16707: 16707: 16707: calling init: /lib/libc.so.6 16707: 16707: 16707: calling init: /lib/librt.so.1 16707: 16707: 16707: initialize program: ls 16707: 16707: 16707: transferring control: ls 16707: Mail/ apps/ bin/ c/ data/ doc/ downloads/ etc/ homework/ opt/ prog/ tmp/ 16707: 16707: calling fini: /lib/librt.so.1 16707: 16707: 16707: calling fini: /lib/libpthread.so.0 16707: 16707: 16707: calling fini: /lib/libc.so.6 16707: ~$