MergePabloTraces(1)  

NAME
       MergePabloTraces  -  Merge  arbitrary number of SDDF files
       using the Seconds field as the merge key.

SYNOPSIS
       MergePabloTraces [ -v ] [ -o outfile ] infile1 infile2 ...

DESCRIPTION
       The MergePabloTraces program merges an arbitrary number of
       SDDF files on the Seconds field value.  The  program  uses
       N-way  merging,  where N is limited by the number of files
       which may be open at a given time.   Temporary  files  are
       placed  in  P_tmpdir as defined in stdio.h, but this loca-
       tion may be overriden by the TMPDIR environment  variable.

       If  the  input trace files begin with identical attributes
       records, the MergePabloTraces program will write a  single
       copy  of  the  attributes  record  to the generated output
       file.
OPTIONS
       -v     Verbose option.  When selected, the program outputs
              status  information about which files are currently
              being merged and how long each phase of  the  merge
              process  takes.   This option is useful in monitor-
              ing progress when merging a large number of  files.

       -o outfile
              The  name  of  the  merged SDDF file created by the
              program.  If this option is not specified, the out-
              put  is  written to MergedPabloTrace.XXX, where XXX
              is the process id of the MergePabloTraces  process.

SEE ALSO
       SDDFmerge(1), SDDFmerger(1)
       Ruth A. Aydt, The Pablo Self-Defining Data Format

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  1995,  The  University  of  Illinois  Board  of
       Trustees.

AUTHOR
       Ruth A. Aydt, University of Illinois

Pablo Environment          Oct 19, 1995