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Additional Resources

Profiles". This is equivalent to the opcontrol --separate=kernel command. If Per-application
shared libs samples files is selected, OProfile generates per-application profiles for libraries. This is
equivalent to the opcontrol --separate=library command.
Section 40.5, "Analyzing the Data", click
To force data to be written to samples files as discussed in
the Flush profiler data button. This is equivalent to the opcontrol --dump command.
To start OProfile from the graphical interface, click Start profiler. To stop the profiler, click Stop
profiler. Exiting the application does not stop OProfile from sampling.
40.9. Additional Resources
This chapter only highlights OProfile and how to configure and use it. To learn more, refer to the
following resources.

40.9.1. Installed Docs

• /usr/share/doc/oprofile-<version>/oprofile.html — OProfile Manual
• oprofile man page — Discusses opcontrol, opreport, opannotate, and op_help

40.9.2. Useful Websites

http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/
— Contains the latest documentation, mailing lists, IRC channels, and
more.
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