HELP: finding the finishing point of the execution from gprof output

[Ian Lance Taylor]

<perugupa@csee.wvu.edu> writes:

>   I am using gprof to profile the gcc compiler.i am getting huge profiles
>   .how can I find out where the execution started and where it ended, from
>   the profiler output.i didn't find that information in the gprof
>   documentation.can anyone help me figure this out.thank you in advance

Profiling doesn't tell you where execution starts or stops.

It tells you how much it spent along the way.

Ian