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1perf-config(1)
2==============
3
4NAME
5----
6perf-config - Get and set variables in a configuration file.
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11'perf config' -l | --list
12
13DESCRIPTION
14-----------
15You can manage variables in a configuration file with this command.
16
17OPTIONS
18-------
19
20-l::
21--list::
22 Show current config variables, name and value, for all sections.
23
24CONFIGURATION FILE
25------------------
26
27The perf configuration file contains many variables to change various
28aspects of each of its tools, including output, disk usage, etc.
29The '$HOME/.perfconfig' file is used to store a per-user configuration.
30The file '$(sysconfdir)/perfconfig' can be used to
31store a system-wide default configuration.
32
33Syntax
34~~~~~~
35
36The file consist of sections. A section starts with its name
37surrounded by square brackets and continues till the next section
38begins. Each variable must be in a section, and have the form
39'name = value', for example:
40
41 [section]
42 name1 = value1
43 name2 = value2
44
45Section names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
46newline (double quote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
47respectively). Section headers can't span multiple lines.
48
49Example
50~~~~~~~
51
52Given a $HOME/.perfconfig like this:
53
54#
55# This is the config file, and
56# a '#' and ';' character indicates a comment
57#
58
59 [colors]
60 # Color variables
61 top = red, default
62 medium = green, default
63 normal = lightgray, default
64 selected = white, lightgray
65 code = blue, default
66 addr = magenta, default
67 root = white, blue
68
69 [tui]
70 # Defaults if linked with libslang
71 report = on
72 annotate = on
73 top = on
74
75 [buildid]
76 # Default, disable using /dev/null
77 dir = ~/.debug
78
79 [annotate]
80 # Defaults
81 hide_src_code = false
82 use_offset = true
83 jump_arrows = true
84 show_nr_jumps = false
85
86 [help]
87 # Format can be man, info, web or html
88 format = man
89 autocorrect = 0
90
91 [ui]
92 show-headers = true
93
94 [call-graph]
95 # fp (framepointer), dwarf
96 record-mode = fp
97 print-type = graph
98 order = caller
99 sort-key = function
100
101SEE ALSO
102--------
103linkperf:perf[1]