NAME¶

austin - manual page for austin 1.0.1

SYNOPSIS¶

austin [OPTION...] command [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION¶

Austin -- A frame stack sampler for Python.

-a, --alt-format

Alternative collapsed stack sample format.

-C, --children

Attach to child processes.

-e, --exclude-empty

Do not output samples of threads with no frame stacks.

-f, --full

Produce the full set of metrics (time +mem -mem).

-i, --interval=n_us

Sampling interval (default is 500us).

-m, --memory

Profile memory usage.

-o, --output=FILE

Specify an output file for the collected samples.

-p, --pid=PID

The the ID of the process to which Austin should attach.

-s, --sleepless

Suppress idle samples.

-t, --timeout=n_ms

Approximate start up wait time. Increase on slow machines (default is 100ms).

-?, --help

Give this help list

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V, --version

Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin/issues>.

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for austin is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and austin programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info austin

should give you access to the complete manual.