What is a gmon.out file?

Welles Goodrich · 03-27-2003, 09:32 AM

Tlhis morning I was doing a bit of upgrading of minor applications and after an hour or so of normal activity I opened a new finder window to find a file named gmon.out on the root level of my OS X disk. It is 10.2mb with 0 bytes in the resource fork. Moving it to the trash has no apparent effect on anything.

I haven't a clue what it might be. Does anyone?

Thanks

mervTormel · 03-27-2003, 11:23 AM

gmon.out is the call graph output file of a compile with debugging option -pg, typically.

% man gcc
% man gprof

you can delete it if you have no use for it.

Welles Goodrich · 03-27-2003, 11:32 AM

Aha! Thanks, mervTormel. While I'm learning slowly, occasionally I find myself adrift on a sea of UNIX.

claidheamdanns · 01-07-2010, 09:09 AM

Thanks, I ran into the same thing this morning.

03-27-2003, 09:32 AM	#1
Welles Goodrich Triple-A Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 223	What is a gmon.out file? Tlhis morning I was doing a bit of upgrading of minor applications and after an hour or so of normal activity I opened a new finder window to find a file named gmon.out on the root level of my OS X disk. It is 10.2mb with 0 bytes in the resource fork. Moving it to the trash has no apparent effect on anything. I haven't a clue what it might be. Does anyone? Thanks

01-07-2010, 09:09 AM	#4
claidheamdanns Prospect Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 25	Thanks Thanks, I ran into the same thing this morning. __________________ Gavin Anderson http://sterlingstudiosinc.com iMac 21.5 (3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3) running Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) iPhone 3G (16GB black) running 4.x (iOS4)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

03-27-2003, 11:23 AM	#2
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	gmon.out is the call graph output file of a compile with debugging option -pg, typically. % man gcc % man gprof you can delete it if you have no use for it.

03-27-2003, 11:32 AM	#3
Welles Goodrich Triple-A Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 223	Aha! Thanks, mervTormel. While I'm learning slowly, occasionally I find myself adrift on a sea of UNIX.