NAME

analyzer − OpenWindows interface for analyzing an experiment that is generated by using the Collector in the Debugger. 

SYNOPSIS

analyzer   [ experiment   ]

AVAILABILITY

Available with ANSI C and Sun FORTRAN, Pascal, C++, and Assembler On x86, FORTRAN and Pascal are not available at the time of this release. 

DESCRIPTION

The Analyzer is a graphical data analysis tool that helps analyze performance data that is collected using the Collector in the Debugger.  During the execution of a process under the Debugger, the Collector gathers profiling information.  Using this collected data, the Collector creates an experiment.  The Analyzer reads in the experiment, analyzes the data, and displays that data in a graphical display.  The displays supported by the Analyzer are:  Overview, Histogram, Cumulative Histogram, Address Space, and Statistics.  If the experiment is not specified on the command line, then it needs to be opened from within the Analyzer. 

In addition to analyzing the data, the Analyzer also provides a function reordering capability.  Based on the experiment, the Analyzer can generate a mapfile that when used with the static linker (ld) to relink the application will create an executable with a smaller working set size. 

The analyzer also provide the ability to select and fully delete experiments. 

To activate the Analyzer, you can type analyzer [ experiment   ] or you can activate the Analyzer from the Manager. 

The Analyzer supports Spot Help on all of its button menus and pop-up windows. 

SEE ALSO

dbx(1), debugger(1), er_export(1), er_mapgen(1), er_print(1), er_mv(1), er_rm(1), sparcworks(1), proworks(1),

Performance Tuning an Application

Managing the Toolset

SunOS 3.0.1  —  Last change: 27 Feb 1995