Commands Reference, Volume 2

gensyms Command

Purpose

Gathers all the information necessary to run the tprof command in off-line mode.

Syntax

gensyms

Description

The gensyms command gathers name to address mapping information necessary for the tprof command to work in off-line mode. The information gathered includes:

• the list of all the loaded kernel extension
• the list of all the loaded shared libraries
• the list of all the loaded processes
• for /unix, all kernel extensions, libraries, and all object files corresponding to processes, the output of the stripnm command is collected

Examples

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

gensyms > test.syms

Related Information

The gennames command, stripnm command, and tprof command.

Monitoring and Tuning Commands and Subroutines in theAIX 5L Version 5.2 Performance Management Guide.