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Re: About gprof tool


Hi

>   Whta s this"gprof" tool?

gprof is a tool to visualize profiling information. By the option '-gp' you can
tell gcc to generate special machine code the contains instructions to gather
such profiling information during program execution. In other words:
With the help of this tool you can check where your program spents how much time.

>   Where can I find more information about this tool? Is it freely downloadable? Can anyone give me some info on this.

It should be part of the GNU Binutils.

Ciao, Fabian


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