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Profiling a Program: Where Does It Spend Its Time?
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   This manual describes the GNU profiler, `gprof', and how you can use
it to determine which parts of a program are taking most of the
execution time.  We assume that you know how to write, compile, and
execute programs.  GNU `gprof' was written by Jay Fenlason.

   This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License.  A copy of the license is included in the
section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Introduction: What profiling means, and why it is useful.
Compiling: How to compile your program for profiling.
Executing: Executing your program to generate profile data
Invoking: How to run `gprof', and its options
Output: Interpreting `gprof''s output
Inaccuracy: Potential problems you should be aware of
How do I?: Answers to common questions
Incompatibilities: (between GNU `gprof' and Unix `gprof'.)
Details: Details of how profiling is done
GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License

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