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pdtostd(1)


NAME

  pdtostd - Convert profiling data files to standard format


SYNOPSIS

  pdtostd [-i] [-s] {[-a addrs] [-o outfile] infile}...


OPTIONS

  -i  Retain "int" sized (32-bit) sample counts instead of truncating to
      "short" sized (16-bit) counts, as in the uprofile -i command in DIGITAL
      UNIX releases before V4.0.

  -s  Split "int" sized (32-bit) sample counts into two "short" sized (16-
      bit) counts, so that default sample counts collected by cc -p or cc -pg
      cover one instruction instead of two, as in DIGITAL UNIX releases
      before V4.0.

  -a addrs
      If infile is a pixie-created *.Counts file, then addrs is the name of a
      specific *.Addrs file to use.  By default, pdtostd searches for a
      *.Addrs file in the location where the pixie program created it. The
      named file must be a "profiling data file", as reported by the file(1)
      command, not a standard format *.Addrs file. Therefore, convert a
      *.Counts file before its *.Addrs file, unless using -o.

  -o outfile
      The reformatted file is written to outfile instead of overwriting
      infile. Each infile can be preceded by a -o option.


OPERANDS

  infile
      The input file, which is a "profiling data file", as reported by the
      file(1) command, and was generated by a program instrumented or
      executed by one of the following tools:

      cc -p   (mon.out)

      cc -pg  (gmon.out)

      kprofile
	      (kmon.out)

      uprofile
	      (umon.out)

      atom -tool pixie
	      (*.Addrs, *.Counts)


DESCRIPTION

  The pdtostd command converts profiling data files from the format that the
  Tru64 UNIX profilers use into the older industry standard formats. The
  converted files can then be processed by tools compiled with the
  <cmplrs/prof_header.h> or <sys/gprof.h> files.

  The format of the profiling data files produced by Tru64 UNIX may be
  expanded in future releases, but Tru64 UNIX tools will continue to support
  older formats. To write tools that process profiling data files, the
  pdtostd command lets you convert the Tru64 UNIX formats to the older
  industry standard formats, where one exists.

  The standard formats cannot accommodate the variety of data that is
  recorded in the "profiling data file" format, but instead they provide the
  standard subset. The standard subset matches the format of the files output
  by the tools in DIGITAL UNIX systems before the V4.0 release.

  For access to the full information in a Tru64 UNIX profiling data file,
  examine the file with the pddump(1) command, and process it with the
  utilities in libpdf.a and <cmplrs/pdf.h>, skipping any new attributes,
  records, or fields that may appear.


EXAMPLES

   1.  Converts a V4.* default mon.out file to a pre-V4.0 default mon.out
       file, without overwriting the original.
	    pdtostd -s -o mon.std mon.out

   2.  Converts pixie files, replacing the originals with the standard
       versions, even if the originals have been moved from the directory
       they were created in.
	    pdtostd -a example.Addrs example.Counts example.Addrs


FILES

  /usr/include/cmplrs/prof_header.h
      Header file that defines the standard mon.out, kmon.out, and umon.out
      formats and the standard *.Addrs and *.Counts formats

  /usr/include/sys/gprof.h
      Header file that defines the gmon.h standard format


SEE ALSO

  Commands:  atom(1), cc(1), file(1), kprofile(1), pddump(1), uprofile(1)

  AtomTools:  pixie(5)

  Programmer's Guide

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