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 | <h3 class="section">4.4 Deprecated Options</h3> | 
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 | 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. | 
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 |      <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. | 
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 |      <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. | 
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 |      <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: | 
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 | <pre class="example">     gprof -e boring -f foo -f bar myprogram > gprof.output | 
 | </pre> | 
 |    <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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