NAME
xprof_atob, xprof_btoa - ascii/binary profile data conver-
sion
SYNOPSIS
xprof_atob file [profile_directory]
xprof_btoa [-t data_type ] profile_directory [output_file]
DESCRIPTION
xprof_btoa and xprof_atob are data conversion tools for pro-
file data produced by running a program compiled with the
compiler options -xprofile=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:profile_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
analysis. Generated by running tcov(1) on a profile
directory containing 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 speci-
fied, 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.