GP-COLLECT-APP(1)

NAME
gp-collect-app - collect performance data for the target application

SYNOPSIS
gprofng collect app [OPTION(S)] TARGET [TARGET_ARGUMENTS]

DESCRIPTION
Collect performance data on the target program. In addition to Program Counter PC) sampling, hardware event counters and various tracing options are supported.

OPTIONS

--version
    print the version number and exit.

--help
    print usage information and exit.

--verbose {on|off}
    enable (on) or disable (off) verbose mode; the default is "off".

-p {off|on|lo|hi|<value>}
    disable (off) or enable (on) clock-profiling using a default sampling granularity, or enable clock-profiling implicitly by setting the sampling granularity (lo, hi, or a specific value in ms); by default clock profiling is enabled.

-h {<ctr_def>...,<ctr_n_def>}
    enable hardware event counter profiling and select the counter(s); to see the supported counters on this system use the -h option without other arguments.

-o <exp_name>
    specify the name for (and path to) the experiment directory; the the default path is the current directory.

-O <exp_name>
    the same as -o, but unlike the -o option, silently overwrite an existing experiment directory with the same name.

-C <label>
    add up to 10 comment labels to the experiment; comments appear in the notes section of the header.

-j {on|off|<path>} enable (on), or disable (off) Java profiling when the target
    program is a JVM; optionally set the <path> to a non-default JVM; the default is "-j on".

-J <java-args>
    specify arguments to the JVM.

-t <duration>[m|s]
    specify the duration over which to record data; the default unit is seconds (s), but can be set to minutes (m).

-n  dry run; display several run-time settings, but do not run the target, or collect performance data.

-y <signal>[,r]
    specify delayed initialization and a pause/resume signal; by default the target starts in paused mode; if the optional r keyword is provided, start in resumed mode.

-F {off|on|=<regex>}
    control to follow descendant processes; disable (off), enable (on), or collect data on all descendant processes whose name matches the specified regular expression; the default is "-F on".

-a {off|on|ldobjects|src|usedldobjects|usedsrc}
    specify archiving of binaries and other files; in addition to disable this feature (off), or enable archiving off all loadobjects and sources (on), the other options support a more refined selection. All of these options enable archiving, but the keyword controls what exactly is selected: all load objects (ldobjects), all source files (src), the loadobjects asscoiated with a program counter (usedldobjects), or the source files associated with a program counter (usedsrc); the default is "-a ldobjects".

-S {off|on|<seconds>}
    disable (off) or enable (on) periodic sampling of process-wide resource utilization; by default sampling occurs every second; use the <seconds> option to change this; the default is "-S on".

-l <signal>
    specify a signal that will trigger a sample of process-wide resource utilization.

-s <option>[,<API>]
    enable synchronization wait tracing; <option> is used to define the specifics of the tracing (on, off, <threshold>, or all); <API> is used to select the API: "n" selects native/Pthreads, "j" selects Java, and "nj" selects both; the default is "-s off".

-H {off|on}
    disable (off), or enable (on) heap tracing; the default is "-H off".

-i {off|on}
    disable (off), or enable (on) I/O tracing; the default is "-i off".

DOCUMENTATION

A getting started guide for gprofng is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gprofng programs are properly installed at your site, the command "info gprofng" should give you access to this document.

SEE ALSO

gprofng(1), gp-archive(1), gp-display-html(1), gp-display-src(1), gp-display-text(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.