Re: using gprof

[Tim Prince <tprince at computer dot org>]

On Monday 05 August 2002 07:27, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Matt Minnis wrote:
> > I am having trouble getting gprof to work.
> >
> > I keep getting:
> > gmon.out: No such file or directory
> >
> > If I make a dummy gmon.out I get:
> > gmon.out: file too short to be a gmon file
> >
> > I have compiled and linked with -pg
> >
> > I have looked at the FAQ for DJPP which had a section on this issue, and
> > that didn't seem to resolve it.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas where to go next?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt Minnis
>
> Matt,
> Have you tried actually running your app?  gmon.out is the file that
> should be created by a running program compiled with -pg.
> 	Igor
Some of us have been waiting for some kind of description of your problem.  
As Igor pointed out, you haven't ruled out the possibility that you didn't 
even run the program (to a successful conclusion).  For all we know, you 
might be running g77, which requires that you link with a copy of libg2c.a 
which was built with -pg (at least for main.o).
-- 
Tim Prince

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