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diff --git a/man/man1/pmdbg.1 b/man/man1/pmdbg.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bc12fb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/pmdbg.1 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +'\"macro stdmacro +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. +.\" +.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +.\" under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +.\" Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your +.\" option) any later version. +.\" +.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +.\" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY +.\" or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License +.\" for more details. +.\" +.\" +.TH PMDBG 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot" +.SH NAME +\f3pmdbg\f1 \- translate Performance Co-Pilot debug control flags +.\" literals use .B or \f3 +.\" arguments use .I or \f2 +.SH SYNOPSIS +\f3pmdbg\f1 +\f2code\f1 ... +.br +\f3pmdbg\f1 +\f3\-l\f1 +.SH DESCRIPTION +The components of the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) use +a global vector of bit-fields +to control diagnostic and debug output. +.PP +.B pmdbg +with a +.B \-l +argument prints out the mnemonic and decimal values of all +the bit-fields in the debug control vector. +.PP +In the alternative usage, the +.I code +arguments are values for the debug vector, and the bit-fields that +are enabled by each of these values is listed. +.PP +Each +.I code +may be an integer, a hexadecimal value or a hexadecimal value prefixed +by either ``0x'' or ``0X''. +.PP +Most applications using the facilities of the PCP support +a +.BI \-D N +command-line syntax to enable debug control. +.B pmdbg +is designed to help choose an appropriate value for +.IR N . +.SH "PCP ENVIRONMENT" +Environment variables with the prefix +.B PCP_ +are used to parameterize the file and directory names +used by PCP. +On each installation, the file +.I /etc/pcp.conf +contains the local values for these variables. +The +.B $PCP_CONF +variable may be used to specify an alternative +configuration file, +as described in +.BR pcp.conf (5). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR PCPIntro (1), +.BR pcp.conf (5) +and +.BR pcp.env (5). |