no-follow-child
no-follow-child
Specify whether child processes are included in collection
results.
GUI Equivalent
Configure Analysis
window >
WHAT
pane>
Analyze child processes
options
Syntax
-no-follow-child
-follow-child
Default
The default is
-follow-child
, so that child processes are included in the
collect
action.
Actions Modified
Description
Use the
no-follow-child
action-option when you want to exclude
child processes from
collect
action data collection and analysis. This option is
recommended when profiling an application launched by a script.
Example
In this example, only the
myApp
Linux* application will be profiled. No information
will be collected about any child processes initiated by
myApp
.
vtune -collect hotspots -no-follow-child myApp -- /home/test/sample