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Upstreamcc2ee171970-01-12 13:46:40 +00001.TH OPHELP 1 "@DATE@" "oprofile @VERSION@"
2.UC 4
3.SH NAME
4ophelp \- list OProfile events
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.br
7.B ophelp
8[
9.I options
10]
11[event name]
12.SH DESCRIPTION
13
14By default,
15.B ophelp
16lists the available performance counter options. If you
17give it a symbolic event name, it will return the hardware
18value (e.g. "ophelp DATA_MEM_REFS").
19
20.SH OPTIONS
21.TP
22.BI "--cpu-type / -c"
23Show the events for the given numerical CPU type.
24.br
25.TP
26.BI "--get-cpu-type / -r"
27Show the symbolic CPU name.
28.br
29.TP
30.BI "--help / -? / --usage"
31Show help message.
32.br
33.TP
34.BI "--version / -v"
35Show version.
36
37.SH ENVIRONMENT
38No special environment variables are recognised by ophelp.
39
40.SH FILES
41.TP
42.I $prefix/share/oprofile/
43Event description files used by OProfile.
44.TP
45.I /var/lib/oprofile/samples/
46The location of the generated sample files.
47
48.SH VERSION
49.TP
50This man page is current for @PACKAGE@-@VERSION@.
51
52.SH SEE ALSO
53.BR @OP_DOCDIR@,
54.BR oprofile(1)