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Preface

This manual covers the prof(1), gprof(1), and tcov(1) profiling tools.

The lex(1), yacc(1), make(1S), and sccs(1) programming tools are described in the Solaris^TM programming documentation. The C-specific tools, cscope(1) and lint(1), are described in the C User's Guide.

The following tools may also be useful:

General Language Utilities

fpversion(1)--(SPARC only) Prints information about the system's CPU and FPU
version(1)--Displays version identification of the object file or binary

C-Oriented Tools

cb(1)--Formats C programs to standard output with spacing and indentation
indent(1)--Indents and formats a C program source file
cflow(1)--Generates C flowgraphs+
ctrace(1)--Debugs a C program
cxref(1)--Generates C program cross-references
error(1)--Categorizes compiler error messages and inserts them at the responsible source file lines

Use the man command to access these tools.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.Table P-1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output machine_name% su Password: AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value To delete a file, type rm filename. AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.Table P-2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell prompt machine_name% C shell superuser prompt machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt #

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