pddump(1)pddump(1)NAMEpddump - Dump profiling data files
SYNOPSISpddump file...
OPERANDS
A data file generated by a profiled program. A valid file is identified
as a “profiling data file” by the file(1) command.
DESCRIPTION
The pddump command displays, on the standard output, the record defini‐
tions and data of the specified profiling data files.
Each file's dump is prefixed by the line "File = file:". This is fol‐
lowed by the file's field-alignment option and a list containing the
file's name/value attribute pairs and the file's record definitions.
Then each record in the file is dumped, showing the name of the record
and the name and value of each of its fields.
Strings are printed within double quotes, unsigned integers are printed
in hexadecimal, and signed integers and floating-point numbers are
printed in decimal. Non-array data lines contain equal signs to assist
in filtering.
The content of the profiling data files produced by Tru64 UNIX may be
expanded in future releases, but Tru64 UNIX tools will continue to sup‐
port older formats. To write tools that process Tru64 UNIX profiling
data files, use the pdtostd(1) command to convert the Tru64 UNIX for‐
mats to industry standard formats, where a standard format exists.
Alternatively, use the libpdf.a utilities to read the profiling data
files directly, skipping any new attributes, records, or fields that
may appear.
FILES
Library of routines for reading and writing profiling data files Header
file for libpdf.a
SEE ALSO
Commands: atom(1), cc(1), file(1), kprofile(1), pdtostd(1), upro‐
file(1)
AtomTools: hiprof(5), pixie(5)
Programmer's Guide
pddump(1)
