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pddump(1) General Commands Manual pddump(1) NAME pddump - Dump profiling data files SYNOPSIS pddump file... PARAMETERS A data file generated by a profiled program. A valid file is identi- fied as a "profiling data file" by the file(1) command. DESCRIPTION The pddump command displays, on the standard output, the record defini- tions and data of the specified profiling data files. Each file's dump is prefixed by the line "File = file:". This is fol- lowed by the file's field-alignment flag and a list containing the file's name/value attribute pairs and the file's record definitions. Then each record in the file is dumped, showing the name of the record and the name and value of each of its fields. Strings are printed within double quotes, unsigned integers are printed in hexadecimal, and signed integers and floating-point numbers are printed in decimal. Non-array data lines contain equal signs to assist in filtering. The content of the profiling data files produced by Digital UNIX may be expanded in future releases, but Digital UNIX tools will continue to support older formats. To write tools that process Digital UNIX profil- ing data files, use the pdtostd(1) command to convert the Digital UNIX formats to industry standard formats, where a standard format exists. Alternatively, use the libpdf.a utilities to read the profiling data files directly, skipping any new attributes, records, or fields that may appear. FILES Library of routines for reading and writing profiling data files Header file for libpdf.a RELATED INFORMATION Commands: atom(1), cc(1), file(1), kprofile(1), pdtostd(1), uprofile(1) Atom Tools: hiprof(5), pixie(5) Programmer's Guide delim off pddump(1)