HP PAK Performance Analysis Tools User's Guide

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Overview of HP PAK Tools
Using Puma
Using Puma
Puma is a tool that collects performance data from the system as a
program runs. It saves the collected data to a file. You can then use Puma
to analyze the information in the data file, or to play back the program's
stack traces and thread states for close review.
Puma has three user interfaces:
• The graphical user interface, based on the conventions of OSF/Motif,
is useful for interactive collection and analysis of program
performance data.
• The command-line user interface is useful for collecting or analyzing
data in a non-graphical, shell environment.
• The shell script interface is a special command-line interface that lets
you execute a single Puma command from a shell or a shell script.
Invoking Puma's Graphical User Interface
To invoke Puma's graphical user interface, enter the following command
at the shell prompt:
puma
Puma displays its main window, as shown in Figure 1-1.
To exit Puma at any time, click on Exit in the File menu.