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Mike Dodd8cfa7022010-11-17 11:12:26 -08001.TH OPARCHIVE 1 "@DATE@" "oprofile @VERSION@"
2.UC 4
3.SH NAME
4oparchive \- produce archive of oprofile data for offline analysis
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.br
7.B oparchive
8[
9.I options
10]
11[profile specification]
12.B -o
13[directory]
14.SH DESCRIPTION
15
16.B oparchive
17generates a directory populated with executable, debug, and oprofile sample
18files. This directory can be move to another machine via tar and analyzed
19without further use of the data collection machine. See oprofile(1) for how
20to write profile specifications.
21
22.SH OPTIONS
23.TP
24.BI "--help / -? / --usage"
25Show help message.
26.br
27.TP
28.BI "--version / -v"
29Show version.
30.br
31.TP
32.BI "--verbose / -V [options]"
33Give verbose debugging output.
34.br
35.TP
36.BI "--session-dir="dir_path
37Use sample database out of directory dir_path instead of the default location (/var/lib/oprofile).
38.br
39.TP
40.BI "--image-path / -p [paths]"
41Comma-separated list of additional paths to search for binaries.
42This is needed to find modules in kernels 2.6 and upwards.
43.br
44.TP
45.BI "--root / -R [path]"
46A path to a filesystem to search for additional binaries.
47.br
48.TP
49.BI "--output-directory / -o [directory]"
50Output to the given directory. There is no default. This must be specified.
51.br
52.TP
53.BI "--exclude-dependent / -x"
54Do not include application-specific images for libraries, kernel modules
55and the kernel. This option only makes sense if the profile session
56used --separate.
57.br
58.TP
59.BI "--list-files / -l"
60Only list the files that would be archived, don't copy them.
61
62.SH ENVIRONMENT
63No special environment variables are recognised by oparchive.
64
65.SH FILES
66.TP
67.I /var/lib/oprofile/samples/
68The location of the generated sample files.
69
70.SH VERSION
71.TP
72This man page is current for @PACKAGE@-@VERSION@.
73
74.SH SEE ALSO
75.BR @OP_DOCDIR@,
76.BR oprofile(1)