Re: Off topic: Profiler

From: Tom Bascom

Date: 10 Jan 2003

> Progress: 9.1B
> AIX
> 
> I am running a process with profiling turned on but my session is closed
> due to Progress Error (303).
> ulimit shows me that file size is unlimited.
> 
> My question is:
>   Does Profiler create large files? (I noticed the file name rpfPTZAEb
> which goes to 2GB with -t option before it crashes)

Yes, profiling can create *very* large files.  An "rpf" file is a
profiler file.

>             if it does is there a way to avoid this? I really need to
> profile this process.
>   Is there a way to tell progress not to worry about maximum file size
> limit  on operating system?

The 4gl client cannot create files greater than 2GB.

You can use various SESSION attributes to turn profiling on and off
and focus on the portions that are most interesting to you instead
of taking the whole session.

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