Commands Reference, Volume 2

gennames Command

Purpose

Gathers all the information necessary to run the tprof, filemon, netpmon or pprof commands in off-line mode.

The gennames command gathers name to address mapping information necessary for the tprof, filemon, netpmon and pprof commands to work in off-line mode. The information gathered includes:

the list of all the loaded kernel extension, similar to what the genkex command would report,
the list of all the loaded shared libraries, similar to what the genkld command would report
the list of all the loaded processes, similar to what the genld command would report
for all kernel extensions and libraries, the output of the stripnm command is collected
optionally, the output of stripnm on a list programs is collected to allow subroutine breakdown with the tprof command used in off-line mode with any of the listed programs.

Parameters

ProgramName...

Optional list of program names for which the ouput of the stripnm command must be collected to allow the usage of the tprof command with the -p flag in off-line mode.

Examples

To collect information needed for the tprof command in off-line mode with the profiling of user program test, enter:

gennames test > gen.out

Related Information

The filemon command, genkex commands, genld commands, netpmon command, pprof command, stripnm command, and tprof command.

Monitoring and Tuning Commands and Subroutines in the in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Performance Management Guide.