Linux® Debugging and Performance Tuning: Tips and …

For you to use the utility, the package must be installed on your system. One useful gprof option is -b. The -b option eliminates the text output that explains the data output provided by gprof: # gprof -b ./sample1. The output shown in Listing 1.6 from gprof gives some high-level information like the total running time, which is 103.74 seconds. ................
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