prof(5)                MISC. FILE FORMATS                 prof(5)



NAME
     prof - profile within a function

SYNOPSIS
     #define MARK
     #include <prof.h>

     void MARK (name);

DESCRIPTION
     MARK introduces a mark called name that is treated the  same
     as  a  function entry point. Execution of the mark adds to a
     counter for that mark, and  program-counter  time  spent  is
     accounted  to the immediately preceding mark or to the func-
     tion if there are no preceding marks within the active func-
     tion.

     name may be any combination of letters, numbers,  or  under-
     scores.   Each  name in a single compilation must be unique,
     but may be the same as any ordinary program symbol.

     For marks to be effective, the symbol MARK must  be  defined
     before  the  header  file  prof.h  is  included, either by a
     preprocessor directive as in the synopsis, or by  a  command
     line argument:

          cc -p -DMARK foo.c

     If MARK is not defined, the  MARK(name)  statements  may  be
     left  in  the  source files containing them and are ignored.
     prof -g must be used to get information on all labels.

EXAMPLE
     In this example, marks can be used  to  determine  how  much
     time is spent in each loop.  Unless this example is compiled
     with MARK  defined  on  the  command  line,  the  marks  are
     ignored.

          #include <prof.h>
          foo( )
          {
               int i, j;
               . . .
               MARK(loop1);
               for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
                    . . .
               }
               MARK(loop2);
               for (j = 0; j < 2000; j++) {
                    . . .
               }
          }



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prof(5)                MISC. FILE FORMATS                 prof(5)



SEE ALSO
     prof(1), profil(2), monitor(3C).





















































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