From:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Message-Id:	<199606021815.AA222379313@relay1.geis.com>
Date:	Sun, 2 Jun 96 18:26:00 UTC 0000
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Trouble profiling programs

Reply to message 7401392    from OWEN AT GEMEMAIL on 06/01/96  4:35AM


>I have tried to use gprof to profile programs like it says in the FAQ,
>but every time I run it it says gmon.out no such file or directory

You must compile _and_ link with -pg.  The resulting program will run about
5 times slower and output a file called 'gmon.out' in the same directory as
the program itself.  Then run gprof.  Remember, you have to link with -pg too,
or it won't do any good!

John

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