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+.\"	@(#)moncontrol.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt MONCONTROL 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm moncontrol ,
+.Nm monstartup
+.Nd control execution profile
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fn moncontrol "int mode"
+.Fn monstartup "u_long *lowpc" "u_long *highpc"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+An executable program compiled using the
+.Fl pg
+option to
+.Xr cc 1
+automatically includes calls to collect statistics for the
+.Xr gprof 1
+call-graph execution profiler.
+In typical operation, profiling begins at program startup
+and ends when the program calls exit.
+When the program exits, the profiling data are written to the file
+.Em gmon.out ,
+then
+.Xr gprof 1
+can be used to examine the results.
+.Pp
+.Fn moncontrol
+selectively controls profiling within a program.
+When the program starts, profiling begins.
+To stop the collection of histogram ticks and call counts use
+.Fn moncontrol 0 ;
+to resume the collection of histogram ticks and call counts use
+.Fn moncontrol 1 .
+This feature allows the cost of particular operations to be measured.
+Note that an output file will be produced on program exit
+regardless of the state of 
+.Fn moncontrol .
+.Pp
+Programs that are not loaded with
+.Fl pg
+may selectively collect profiling statistics by calling
+.Fn monstartup
+with the range of addresses to be profiled.
+.Fa lowpc
+and
+.Fa highpc
+specify the address range that is to be sampled;
+the lowest address sampled is that of
+.Fa lowpc
+and the highest is just below
+.Fa highpc .
+Only functions in that range that have been compiled with the 
+.Fl pg
+option to
+.Xr cc 1
+will appear in the call graph part of the output;
+however, all functions in that address range will
+have their execution time measured.
+Profiling begins on return from
+.Fn monstartup .
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
+.It Pa gmon.out	execution data file
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cc 1 ,
+.Xr gprof 1 ,
+.Xr profil 2