no-follow-child

Specify whether child processes are included in collection results.

GUI Equivalent

Analysis Target Setup> Analyze child processes options

Syntax

-no-follow-child

-follow-child

Default

The default is -follow-child, so that child processes are included in the collect action.

Actions Modified

collect

Description

Use the no-follow-child action-option when you want to exclude child processes from collect action data collection and analysis. This option is recommended when profiling an application launched by a script.

Example

In this example, only myApp will be profiled. No information will be collected about any child processes initiated by myApp.

 $ amplxe-cl -collect hotspots -no-follow-child myApp -- home/test/sample