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NAME

       pdtostd - Convert profiling data files to standard format

SYNOPSIS

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

OPTIONS

       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.  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.  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 for-
       mat *.Addrs file. Therefore, convert a *.Counts file before its *.Addrs file, unless using -o.  The reformatted file is written to  outfile
       instead of overwriting infile. Each infile can be preceded by a -o option.

OPERANDS

       The  input  file, which is a "profiling data file", as reported by the file(1) command, and was generated by a program instrumented or exe-
       cuted by one of the following tools: (mon.out) (gmon.out) (kmon.out) (umon.out) (*.Addrs, *.Counts)

DESCRIPTION

       The pdtostd command converts profiling data files from the format that the Tru64 UNIX profilers use into the older industry  standard  for-
       mats. 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

       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
       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

       Header file that defines the standard mon.out, kmon.out, and umon.out formats and the standard *.Addrs and  *.Counts  formats  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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