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diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog index 9946afc54c..4245e66801 100644 --- a/gprof/ChangeLog +++ b/gprof/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-07-29 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> + + * gprof.texi (Executing the Program): Add documentation on how to use + bbconv.pl. Patch by Eric Hanchrow. + 2002-07-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> * po/es.po: Updated Spanish translation. diff --git a/gprof/gprof.texi b/gprof/gprof.texi index a1c6335333..9789ac7d99 100644 --- a/gprof/gprof.texi +++ b/gprof/gprof.texi @@ -357,7 +357,21 @@ appearance of a human-readable @file{bb.out} means the basic-block counts didn't get written into @file{gmon.out}. The Perl script @code{bbconv.pl}, included with the @code{gprof} source distribution, will convert a @file{bb.out} file into -a format readable by @code{gprof}. +a format readable by @code{gprof}. Invoke it like this: + +@smallexample +bbconv.pl < bb.out > @var{bh-data} +@end smallexample + +This translates the information in @file{bb.out} into a form that +@code{gprof} can understand. But you still need to tell @code{gprof} +about the existence of this translated information. To do that, include +@var{bb-data} on the @code{gprof} command line, @emph{along with +@file{gmon.out}}, like this: + +@smallexample +gprof @var{options} @var{executable-file} gmon.out @var{bb-data} [@var{yet-more-profile-data-files}@dots{}] [> @var{outfile}] +@end smallexample @node Invoking @chapter @code{gprof} Command Summary |