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This file documents the gprof profiler of the GNU system.
-Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@item -O@var{name}
@itemx --file-format=@var{name}
-Selects the format of the profile data files.
-Recognized formats are @samp{auto} (the default), @samp{bsd}, @samp{magic},
-and @samp{prof} (not yet supported).
+Selects the format of the profile data files. Recognized formats are
+@samp{auto} (the default), @samp{bsd}, @samp{4.4bsd}, @samp{magic}, and
+@samp{prof} (not yet supported).
@item -s
@itemx --sum
function name is unique in a program, you must use the colon notation
explained below to specify a function from a specific source file.
-Sometimes, function names contain dots. In such cases, it is necessar
+Sometimes, function names contain dots. In such cases, it is necessary
to add a leading colon to the name. For example, @samp{:.mul} selects
function @samp{.mul}.