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<h3 class="section">4.4 Deprecated Options</h3>
<p>These options have been replaced with newer versions that use symspecs.
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<dt><code>-e </code><var>function_name</var><dd>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">-e </span><var>function</var></samp>’ option tells <code>gprof</code> to not print
information about the function <var>function_name</var> (and its
children<small class="dots">...</small>) in the call graph. The function will still be listed
as a child of any functions that call it, but its index number will be
shown as ‘<samp><span class="samp">[not printed]</span></samp>’. More than one ‘<samp><span class="samp">-e</span></samp>’ option may be
given; only one <var>function_name</var> may be indicated with each ‘<samp><span class="samp">-e</span></samp>’
option.
<br><dt><code>-E </code><var>function_name</var><dd>The <code>-E </code><var>function</var> option works like the <code>-e</code> option, but
time spent in the function (and children who were not called from
anywhere else), will not be used to compute the percentages-of-time for
the call graph. More than one ‘<samp><span class="samp">-E</span></samp>’ option may be given; only one
<var>function_name</var> may be indicated with each ‘<samp><span class="samp">-E</span></samp>’ option.
<br><dt><code>-f </code><var>function_name</var><dd>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">-f </span><var>function</var></samp>’ option causes <code>gprof</code> to limit the
call graph to the function <var>function_name</var> and its children (and
their children<small class="dots">...</small>). More than one ‘<samp><span class="samp">-f</span></samp>’ option may be given;
only one <var>function_name</var> may be indicated with each ‘<samp><span class="samp">-f</span></samp>’
option.
<br><dt><code>-F </code><var>function_name</var><dd>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">-F </span><var>function</var></samp>’ option works like the <code>-f</code> option, but
only time spent in the function and its children (and their
children<small class="dots">...</small>) will be used to determine total-time and
percentages-of-time for the call graph. More than one ‘<samp><span class="samp">-F</span></samp>’ option
may be given; only one <var>function_name</var> may be indicated with each
‘<samp><span class="samp">-F</span></samp>’ option. The ‘<samp><span class="samp">-F</span></samp>’ option overrides the ‘<samp><span class="samp">-E</span></samp>’ option.
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<p>Note that only one function can be specified with each <code>-e</code>,
<code>-E</code>, <code>-f</code> or <code>-F</code> option. To specify more than one
function, use multiple options. For example, this command:
<pre class="example"> gprof -e boring -f foo -f bar myprogram > gprof.output
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<p class="noindent">lists in the call graph all functions that were reached from either
<code>foo</code> or <code>bar</code> and were not reachable from <code>boring</code>.
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