SYSTEM PROFILE UTILITY
                         Release Level 03/27/91




This application consists of one runfile: ProfileSys.Run

Product Name   : System Profile
Supported On   : B24, B26, B27, B28, B38, B39, and all SuperGen hardware
Supported OS   : BTOS II, CTOS I, CTOS II, CTOS III

Description    : The System Profile utility will monitor the execution 
                 activity of all currently running tasks and will then display 
                 information about this activity on the screen.  System 
                 Profile operates by generating a timer interrupt on a regular 
                 basis.  When the interrupt occurs it determines what task is 
                 running and increments a counter associated with the task.

Directions/Use : To run the System Profile utility execute the /System Profile 
                 command using the parameters which are described and detailed 
                 below:
                 
                 [Profile file name (def=ProfileFile)]
                 
                 This field is optional.  This is the file to which profile 
                 data is written.
                 
                 [Delta in 50 micro intervals (def=200)]
                 
                 This field is optional.  The Delta determines how often the 
                 system is examined for activity.  It is the time between 
                 timer interrupts.  The default is 10000 microseconds = 10 
                 milliseconds.
                 
                 [Profile Time (def = 60 secs)]
                 
                 This field is optional.  The maximum time to profile.  (The 
                 FINISH key can be used to halt profiling before the maximum 
                 time has elapsed).
                 
                 [Write data to file y/n? (def = n)]
                 
                 This field is optional.  If 'Yes' write the data to the file 
                 specified by the 'Profile file name' parameter.

                 
                 System Profile will output data to the screen at five second 
                 intervals.  The data displayed looks like:


                        System Profile 

Microseconds Per Tick       10000     
Elapsed Ticks               3248       Elapsed Seconds      32        

OS Ticks                    68         Null Process Ticks   2593      

All RM and GDT Task Ticks   30        
Primary              Ticks  371        Vdm_Ch   3.2(GDT|RM) Ticks  ?         
Mouse Server(GDT|RM) Ticks  ?          Beep Service         Ticks  111       
CM01                 Ticks  56         CM02                 Ticks  0         
CM03                 Ticks  15         CM04                 Ticks  5         


Press FINISH to write current statistics and finish


                 The data shown is:
                 
                 Microseconds per tick - This is the delta value.  A tick 
                 means a tick of the clock, that is the occurrence of a timer 
                 interrupt.
                 
                 The elapsed time in terms of seconds and in terms of ticks.
                 
                 OS Ticks - The number of ticks that have occured while the OS 
                 is running.
                 
                 Null Process Ticks - The number of ticks that have occured 
                 while the OS null process is running.  The null process is 
                 the lowest priority task that runs in the system.  It only 
                 runs when no other task is running, that is when the system 
                 is idle.
                 
                 The total number of ticks used by all real mode and GDT 
                 protected mode tasks.  This program can only gather specific 
                 activity information for protected mode programs.  RM and GDT 
                 programs are lumped together.
                 
                 For each partition running a protected mode task the number 
                 of ticks used by that partition is displayed.
                 
                 The FINISH key can be pressed at any time to stop the 
                 profile.  The finish will occur the next time that the screen 
                 is updated.
                 
                 
COMMAND

/System Profile
  [Profile file name (def=ProfileFile)]
  [Delta in 50 micro intervals (def=200)]
  [Profile Time (def = 60 secs)]
  [Write data to file y/n? (def = n)]