Intel® Trace Collector 9.1 Update 2 User and Reference Guide
This User and Reference Guide provides you with the description of the features of the Intel® Trace Collector. This information is provided in the two main sections:
On Linux* OS, you can get help information in man pages, for example, about the Intel® Trace Collector API calls (man VT_enter) and the Intel Trace Collector configuration (man VT_CONFIG). The man pages are available in the <install_dir>/man directory.
The documentation is OS-independent. Linux* OS and Windows* OS may have different styles in passing parameters. This User and Reference Guide follows the nomenclature used on the Linux* OS. Here is a list of the most important differences and how they are mapped from the Linux* OS style to the Windows* OS one:
Linux* OS |
Microsoft* Windows* OS |
---|---|
-L<path> |
-LIBPATH:<path> |
-l<library> |
<library>.lib |
<directory>/<file> |
<directory>\<file> |
The following conventions are used in this document:
Convention |
Explanation |
Example |
---|---|---|
This type style |
Document or product names |
The term process in this documentation implicitly includes thread. |
This type style |
GUI elements |
Click OK |
<this type style> |
Placeholders for actual values |
<new_name> |
This type style |
Commands, arguments, options |
$ mpirun -trace -n 4 myApp |
THIS_TYPE_STYLE |
Environment variables |
Set the VT_CONFIG environment variable to the directory that contains the configuration file. |
[ items ] |
Optional items |
[config options] |
[ item | item ] |
Selectable items separated by vertical bar(s) |
[on|off] |
$ |
Introduces UNIX* commands |
$ ls |
> |
Introduces Windows* commands |
> cd |