xprof_atob,xprof_btoa(1) xprof_atob,xprof_btoa(1)NAME
xprof_atob, xprof_btoa - ascii/binary profile data conversion
SYNOPSISxprof_atob file [profile_directory]
xprof_btoa [-t data_type ] profile_directory [output_file]
DESCRIPTION
xprof_btoa and xprof_atob are data conversion tools for profile data
produced by running a program compiled with the compiler options -xpro‐
file=collect and -xprofile=tcov.
xprof_btoa converts binary profile data from a profile directory to a
file in ascii text format (feedback.text by default).
xprof_btoa supports conversion of the following profile data types:
-t feedback
runtime data for use in either feedback optimization or test
coverage analysis. Generated by running a program compiled with
either -xprofile=collect or -xprofile=tcov:profile_directory.
-t objfd
compilation data for use in test coverage analysis. Generated
by compiling an object file with the option -xprofile=tcov:pro‐
file_directory.
-t tcovd
runtime data for use only in test coverage analysis. Generated
by running a program compiled with the option -xprofile=tcov
without a specified profile directory.
-t tcovsd
combined compilation and runtime data for test coverage analy‐
sis. Generated by running tcov(1) on a profile directory con‐
taining new runtime data.
To convert compilation data associated with a particular object file, the data
type name "objfd" must be followed the object file's resolved UNIX pathname.If no output filename is specified, the file produced by xprof_btoa is named
data_type.text where data_type is one of the above data type names. If no
data type name is specified, the default data type is "feedback".
xprof_atob converts textual profile data from an ascii text file to binary
profile data in a new profile directory (atob.profile by default).
See xprof_text(4) for a description of the format of text files generated and
recognized, respectively, by xprof_btoa and xprof_atob.
May 2010 xprof_atob,xprof_btoa(1)
