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								Copyright (C) 1988, 92, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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								<a name="Symspecs"></a>Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Deprecated-Options.html#Deprecated-Options">Deprecated Options</a>,
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								<h3 class="section">4.5 Symspecs</h3>
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								<p>Many of the output options allow functions to be included or excluded
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								using <dfn>symspecs</dfn> (symbol specifications), which observe the
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								following syntax:
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								<pre class="example">       filename_containing_a_dot
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								     | funcname_not_containing_a_dot
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								     | linenumber
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								     | ( [ any_filename ] `:' ( any_funcname | linenumber ) )
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								   <p>Here are some sample symspecs:
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								<dt><span class="samp">main.c</span><dd>Selects everything in file <span class="file">main.c</span>—the
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								dot in the string tells <code>gprof</code> to interpret
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								the string as a filename, rather than as
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								a function name.  To select a file whose
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								name does not contain a dot, a trailing colon
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								should be specified.  For example, <span class="samp">odd:</span> is
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								interpreted as the file named <span class="file">odd</span>.
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								     <br><dt><span class="samp">main</span><dd>Selects all functions named <span class="samp">main</span>.
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								     <p>Note that there may be multiple instances of the same function name
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								because some of the definitions may be local (i.e., static).  Unless a
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								function name is unique in a program, you must use the colon notation
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								explained below to specify a function from a specific source file.
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								     <p>Sometimes, function names contain dots.  In such cases, it is necessary
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								to add a leading colon to the name.  For example, <span class="samp">:.mul</span> selects
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								function <span class="samp">.mul</span>.
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								     <p>In some object file formats, symbols have a leading underscore. 
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								<code>gprof</code> will normally not print these underscores.  When you name a
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								symbol in a symspec, you should type it exactly as <code>gprof</code> prints
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								it in its output.  For example, if the compiler produces a symbol
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								<span class="samp">_main</span> from your <code>main</code> function, <code>gprof</code> still prints
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								it as <span class="samp">main</span> in its output, so you should use <span class="samp">main</span> in
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								symspecs.
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								     <br><dt><span class="samp">main.c:main</span><dd>Selects function <span class="samp">main</span> in file <span class="file">main.c</span>.
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								     <br><dt><span class="samp">main.c:134</span><dd>Selects line 134 in file <span class="file">main.c</span>. 
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