HP UX Caliper Software manual Contents

Contents
About This Document	12
1 HP Caliper at a Glance	16
What Is HP Caliper?	16
What Does HP Caliper Run On?	18
Supported Hardware and Operating Systems	18
Supported Compilers and Application Environments	18
Summary of HP Caliper Features	19
2 Getting Started with the HP Caliper Command-Line Interface	20
Example: Running fprof on a Short Program, with Default Output	20
Example: Adding Instructions to an fprof Report	24
Types of Measurements	26
Global Measurement	26
Sampled Measurements	26
Precise Measurements (HP-UX only)	26
What to Look for in Using HP Caliper	27
Syntax for caliper Command	27
Basic Tasks: A Quick Reference	28
Starting HP Caliper	28
Stopping HP Caliper	28
Showing HP Caliper Options	28
Creating a Call Graph Profile with HP Caliper	28
Creating a Text Report for Analysis	29
Creating a Report Based on Your Collected Data	29
Using the HP Caliper Advisor	29
Restrictions on Using HP Caliper	29
Additional HP Caliper Commands	30
Getting Information About HP Caliper	30
3 Getting Started with the HP Caliper GUI	31
What Is the HP Caliper GUI?	31
Window Basics	31
Projects View	32
Collect View	33
Analyze View	34
Advisor View	35
Console View	36
Diagnostics View	37
Help View	37
Tips for Using Views	38
Making Measurements	38
Hints on How to Make Measurements	38
Exploring Performance Data	39
Getting Performance Tuning Advice	39
Getting Help	40
Starting the GUI	40
Native (Local) GUI	40

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