Using strace in various configurations produces varied
results; among these are... nothing! Below is a table
for the involved.
strace -ff -c ls
Gives timing output for 'ls'
strace -c -o food ls
Emits timing output into ./food
strace -ff -o food ls
Emits timing output into ./food (another bug..)
strace -ff -c -o food ls
Emits an empty file 'food'
Doing this on Ubuntu Edgy with strace -- version
4.5.14. I'm rather certain that file shouldn't be empty.
-ff is incompatible with -c as of now.
Check has been added in cb9def6975f28933ada9d35f05c6fba9ab3fe1fd.