NAME

       opimport - converts sample database files

SYNOPSIS

       opimport [ options ] input_file

DESCRIPTION

       opimport  converts  sample database files from a foreign binary format (abi) to the native
       format.

OPTIONS

       --abi / -a
              Input abi file description location.

       --force / -f
              Force conversion even if the input and output abi are identical.

       --output / -o filename
              Specify the  output  filename.  If  the  output  file  already  exists  it  is  not
              overwritten  but  data are accumulated in. Sample filename are informative for post
              profile tools and must be kept identical, in other word the pathname from the first
              path component containing a '{' must be kept as it in the output filename.

       --help / -? / --usage
              Show help message.

       --verbose / -V
              Give verbose debugging output.

       --version / -v
              Show version.

ENVIRONMENT

       No special environment variables are recognized by opimport

FILES

       <session_dir>/abi
              The abi file description of the sample database files

VERSION

       This man page is current for oprofile-1.4.0.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/oprofile/, oprofile(1)