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NAME

       vtf2profile - Generate a TAU profile set from a vampir trace file

SYNOPSIS

       vtf2profile [-p profile] [-i interval_start interval_end] [-c] [-h] {-f tracefile}

DESCRIPTION

       vtf2profile is created when TAU is configured with the -vtf=<vtf_dir> option. This tool converts a VTF trace file (*.vpt) to a tau profile
       set (profile.A.B.C where A, B and C are the node, context and thread numbers respectively).

       The vtf file to be read is specified in the command line by the -f flag followed by the file's location. The VTF tracefile specified may be
       in gzipped form, eg app.vpt.gz. -p is similarly used to specify the relative path to the directory where the profile files should be
       stored. If no output directory is specified the current directory will be used. A contiguous interval within the vtf file may be selected
       for conversion by using the -i flag followed by two integers, representing the timestamp of the start and end of the desired interval
       respectively. The entire vtf file is converted if no interval is given.

OPTIONS

       -f tracefile -Specify the Vampir tracefile to be converted.

       -p profile -Specify the location where the profile file(s) should be written.

       -i interval_start interval_end -Limit the profile produced to the specified interval within the vampir trace file.

       -c -Opens a command line interface for the program.

       -h -Displays a help message.

EXAMPLES

       To convert a vampir tracefile, trace.vpt, to an equivalent TAU profile, use the following:

       vtf2profile -f trace.vpt

       To produce a TAU profile in the ./profiles directory representing only the events from the start of the tracefile to timestamp 6000, use:

       vtf2profile -f trace.vpt -p ./profiles -i 0 6000

SEE ALSO

       tau2vtf(1), tau2profile(1)

								    12/22/2005							    VTF2PROFILE(1)