Bug 4283 - update gprof manual with note about GMON_OUT_PREFIX
Summary: update gprof manual with note about GMON_OUT_PREFIX
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: binutils
Classification: Unclassified
Component: gprof (show other bugs)
Version: 2.18
: P2 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Alan Modra
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Reported: 2007-03-26 20:47 UTC by Ben Asselstine
Modified: 2021-06-03 12:00 UTC (History)
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add note about GMON_OUT_PREFIX to the manual (first iteration) (460 bytes, patch)
2007-03-26 20:49 UTC, Ben Asselstine 		Details | Diff
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Description Ben Asselstine 2007-03-26 20:47:37 UTC 
I wanted to be able to output to a file other than gmon.out, and this
environment variable did the trick.  However the manual didn't tell me about it
-- I had to go rummaging through the code.  I will be following up with a patch.
Comment 1 Ben Asselstine 2007-03-26 20:49:41 UTC 
Created attachment 1652 [details]
add note about GMON_OUT_PREFIX to the manual (first iteration)

Here's my first try at a patch that fixes this problem.
Comment 2 Sourceware Commits 2021-06-03 12:00:05 UTC 
The master branch has been updated by Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bbd47c1230b3fbc25e6292ea3f2f5d275d4d459a

commit bbd47c1230b3fbc25e6292ea3f2f5d275d4d459a
Author: Ben Asselstine <benasselstine@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 3 21:25:15 2021 +0930

    PR4283, update gprof manual with note about GMON_OUT_PREFIX
    
            PR 4283
            * gprof.texi (Executing): Note GMON_OUT_PREFIX environment variable.
Comment 3 Alan Modra 2021-06-03 12:00:38 UTC 
Slightly modified patch pushed.