08-13-2009
Yes, it is possible to modify an old version of Unix to support modern hardware but unless you are going to do it yourself it is probably not worth the cost of doing so.
Surely the more important issue is can the applications be ported to run on modern hardware for relatively low cost. You say that they are written in Cobol. Have you got the source for the Cobal compiler and runtime? If so, I would try and port these items onto something like 32-bit OpenBSD or NetBSD and if successful, recompile the applications to run on one of these platforms.
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LEARN ABOUT V7
callgrind_control
CALLGRIND
CONTROL(1) Release 3.7.0 CALLGRIND CONTROL(1)
NAME
callgrind_control - observe and control programs being run by Callgrind
SYNOPSIS
callgrind_control [options] [pid|program-name...]
DESCRIPTION
callgrind_control controls programs being run by the Valgrind tool Callgrind. When a pid/program name argument is not specified, all
applications currently being run by Callgrind on this system will be used for actions given by the specified option(s). The default action
is to give some brief information about the applications being run by Callgrind.
OPTIONS
-h --help
Show a short description, usage, and summary of options.
--version
Show version of callgrind_control.
-l --long
Show also the working directory, in addition to the brief information given by default.
-s --stat
Show statistics information about active Callgrind runs.
-b --back
Show stack/back traces of each thread in active Callgrind runs. For each active function in the stack trace, also the number of
invocations since program start (or last dump) is shown. This option can be combined with -e to show inclusive cost of active
functions.
-e [A,B,...] (default: all)
Show the current per-thread, exclusive cost values of event counters. If no explicit event names are given, figures for all event types
which are collected in the given Callgrind run are shown. Otherwise, only figures for event types A, B, ... are shown. If this option
is combined with -b, inclusive cost for the functions of each active stack frame is provided, too.
--dump[=<desc>] (default: no description)
Request the dumping of profile information. Optionally, a description can be specified which is written into the dump as part of the
information giving the reason which triggered the dump action. This can be used to distinguish multiple dumps.
-z --zero
Zero all event counters.
-k --kill
Force a Callgrind run to be terminated.
--instr=<on|off>
Switch instrumentation mode on or off. If a Callgrind run has instrumentation disabled, no simulation is done and no events are
counted. This is useful to skip uninteresting program parts, as there is much less slowdown (same as with the Valgrind tool "none").
See also the Callgrind option --instr-atstart.
-w=<dir>
Specify the startup directory of an active Callgrind run. On some systems, active Callgrind runs can not be detected. To be able to
control these, the failed auto-detection can be worked around by specifying the directory where a Callgrind run was started.
SEE ALSO
valgrind(1), $INSTALL/share/doc/valgrind/html/index.html or http://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/index.html.
AUTHOR
Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>.
Release 3.7.0 06/05/2012 CALLGRIND CONTROL(1)