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| author | Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com> | 2016-03-11 10:56:56 +0300 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2016-03-11 13:08:01 +0300 |
| commit | d0cf3b7c02ac5118ee8489db5737dd423689a2ca (patch) | |
| tree | be01b99544e21e0032bac9943945fbec71b059cd /winsup/doc/setup-env.xml | |
| parent | bf81f082cdea83ea78671d961b59a38da0406e9a (diff) | |
Documentation covering profiling Cygwin programs.
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/setup-env.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup-env.xml b/winsup/doc/setup-env.xml index 4b519a2a1..ca5acc9a6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup-env.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup-env.xml @@ -71,9 +71,16 @@ first starts. Most Cygwin applications do not make use of the <function>dlopen ()</function> call and do not need this variable. </para> +<para>The <envar>GMON_OUT_PREFIX</envar> environment variable is helpful +in some situations when profiling Cygwin programs. For more information, +see <xref linkend="gprof-fork"></xref>. Only software developers with a +need to profile their programs have a use for this variable. +</para> + <para> In addition to <envar>PATH</envar>, <envar>HOME</envar>, -and <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, there are three other environment +<envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, and <envar>GMON_OUT_PREFIX</envar>, +there are three other environment variables which, if they exist in the Windows environment, are converted to UNIX format: <envar>TMPDIR</envar>, <envar>TMP</envar>, and <envar>TEMP</envar>. The first is not set by default in the |