---
name: "oparchive"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "oprofile"
version: "0.9.6-1.1+squeeze2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oparchive"
---

# oparchive(1)

produce archive of oprofile data for offline analysis

## NAME

oparchive - produce archive of oprofile data for offline analysis

## SYNOPSIS

**oparchive** \[ *options* \] \[profile specification\] **-o** \[directory\]

## DESCRIPTION

**oparchive** generates a directory populated with executable, debug, and oprofile sample files. This directory can be move to another machine via tar and analyzed without further use of the data collection machine. See [oprofile(1)](/oprofile/1.md) for how to write profile specifications.

## OPTIONS

- **--help / -? / --usage**

  Show help message.\

- **--version / -v**

  Show version.\

- **--verbose / -V \[options\]**

  Give verbose debugging output.\

- **--session-dir=***dir\_path*

  Use sample database out of directory dir\_path instead of the default location (/var/lib/oprofile).\

- **--image-path / -p \[paths\]**

  Comma-separated list of additional paths to search for binaries. This is needed to find modules in kernels 2.6 and upwards.\

- **--root / -R \[path\]**

  A path to a filesystem to search for additional binaries.\

- **--output-directory / -o \[directory\]**

  Output to the given directory. There is no default. This must be specified.\

- **--exclude-dependent / -x**

  Do not include application-specific images for libraries, kernel modules and the kernel. This option only makes sense if the profile session used --separate.\

- **--list-files / -l**

  Only list the files that would be archived, don't copy them.

## ENVIRONMENT

No special environment variables are recognised by oparchive.

## FILES

- */var/lib/oprofile/samples/*

  The location of the generated sample files.

## VERSION

- This man page is current for oprofile-0.9.6.

  ## SEE ALSO

**/usr/share/doc/oprofile/,** **[oprofile(1)](/oprofile/1.md)**