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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
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        !             5: .\"    @(#)kgmon.8     6.1 (Berkeley) 4/27/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH KGMON 8 "April 27, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: kgmon \- generate a dump of the operating system's profile buffers
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/kgmon
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-b
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B \-h
        !            17: ] [
        !            18: .B \-r
        !            19: ] [
        !            20: .B \-p
        !            21: ] [ system ] [ memory ]
        !            22: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            23: .I Kgmon
        !            24: is a tool used when profiling the operating system.
        !            25: When no arguments are supplied,
        !            26: .I kgmon 
        !            27: indicates the state of operating system profiling as running,
        !            28: off, or not configured.
        !            29: (see
        !            30: .IR config (8))
        !            31: If the
        !            32: .B \-p
        !            33: flag is specified,
        !            34: .I kgmon
        !            35: extracts profile data from the operating system and produces a
        !            36: .I gmon.out
        !            37: file suitable for later analysis by
        !            38: .IR gprof (1).
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: The following options may be specified:
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: .B \-b
        !            43: Resume the collection of profile data.
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .B \-h
        !            46: Stop the collection of profile data.
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B \-p
        !            49: Dump the contents of the profile buffers into a
        !            50: .I gmon.out
        !            51: file.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .B \-r
        !            54: Reset all the profile buffers. 
        !            55: If the
        !            56: .B \-p
        !            57: flag is also specified, the
        !            58: .I gmon.out
        !            59: file is generated before the buffers are reset.
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: If neither 
        !            62: .B \-b
        !            63: nor
        !            64: .B \-h
        !            65: is specified, the state of profiling collection remains unchanged.
        !            66: For example, if the
        !            67: .B \-p
        !            68: flag is specified and profile data is being collected,
        !            69: profiling will be momentarily suspended,
        !            70: the operating system profile buffers will be dumped,
        !            71: and profiling will be immediately resumed.
        !            72: .SH FILES
        !            73: /vmunix \- the default system
        !            74: .br
        !            75: /dev/kmem \- the default memory
        !            76: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            77: gprof(1),
        !            78: config(8)
        !            79: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            80: Users with only read permission on /dev/kmem cannot change the state
        !            81: of profiling collection. 
        !            82: They can get a 
        !            83: .I gmon.out
        !            84: file with the warning that the data may be
        !            85: inconsistent if profiling is in progress.

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