Index: gprof/gprof.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gprof/gprof.texi,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 gprof.texi --- gprof/gprof.texi 8 Mar 2002 04:24:19 -0000 1.9 +++ gprof/gprof.texi 27 Jul 2002 00:35:04 -0000 @@ -357,7 +357,21 @@ counts didn't get written into @file{gmon.out}. The Perl script @code{bbconv.pl}, included with the @code{gprof} source distribution, will convert a @file{bb.out} file into -a format readable by @code{gprof}. +a format readable by @code{gprof}. Invoke it like this: + +@smallexample +bbconv.pl < bb.out > @var{bh-data} +@end smallexample + +This translates the information in @file{bb.out} into a form that +@code{gprof} can understand. But you still need to tell @code{gprof} +about the existence of this translated information. To do that, include +@var{bb-data} on the @code{gprof} command line, @emph{along with +@file{gmon.out}}, like this: + +@smallexample +gprof @var{options} @var{executable-file} gmon.out @var{bb-data} [@var{yet-more-profile-data-files}@dots{}] [> @var{outfile}] +@end smallexample @node Invoking @chapter @code{gprof} Command Summary