---
name: "opgprof"
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/opgprof"
---

# opgprof(1)

produce gprof-format profile data

## NAME

opgprof - produce gprof-format profile data

## SYNOPSIS

**opgprof** \[ *options* \] \[profile specification\]

## DESCRIPTION

**opgprof** outputs gprof-format profile data for a given binary image, from an OProfile session. 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.\

- **--threshold / -t \[percentage\]**

  Only output data for symbols that have more than the given percentage of total samples.\

- **--output-filename / -o \[file\]**

  Output to the given file instead of the default, gmon.out

## ENVIRONMENT

No special environment variables are recognised by opgprof.

## 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)**