The tnfdump Utility

You can implement custom post-processing of TNF data using the tnfdump utility, which converts TNF trace files, such as the one produced by Prism, into an ASCII listing of timestamps, time differentials, events, and probe arguments.

To use this command, specify

% tnfdump filename 

where filename is the name of the TNF trace data file produced by Prism (not by prex).

The resulting ASCII listing can be several times larger than the tracefile and may require a wide window for viewing. Nevertheless, it is full of valuable information.

For more information about the tnfdump command, see the tnfdump(1) man page.