OPIMPORT(1)

💅 opimport(1) — the General Commands Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to opimport, the glow-up machine for your sample database files. it lives in the General Commands Manual and it's literally here to convert things. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

opimport — converts sample database files. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

opimport [ options ] input_file

yes, you give it input_file. yes, the options are optional. no, you can't skip it. slay.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so opimport takes your sample database files and converts them from a foreign binary format (aka an abi) into the native format. it's giving "translator era" 💖 it takes something that's not from around here and makes it make sense on your machine.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --abi, -a — tells it where the input abi file description lives. like, the location. that's the vibe.
• --force, -f — forces the conversion even if the input and output abi are, like, literally identical. no cap, it'll just do it anyway.
• --output, -o filename — specifies the output filename. heads up bestie: if the output file already exists it is not overwritten, but data are accumulated in instead 😭. also, sample filenames are informative for post profile tools and must be kept identical — in other words, the pathname from the first path component containing a { must be kept as it is in the output filename. don't touch it. periodt.
• --help, -?, --usage — shows the help message. for when you're feeling a little lost 🧚
• --verbose, -V — gives you verbose debugging output. so much tea being spilled 🔥
• --version, -v — shows the version. quick little vibe check.

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

no special environment variables are recognized by opimport. like, none. it's lowkey self-sufficient 💀

🍓 FILES 🍓

• <session_dir>/abi — the abi file description of the sample database files. the main character file, honestly 👑

⭐ VERSION ⭐

this man page is current for oprofile-1.4.0. keeping it fresh, keeping it accurate ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

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

go read those too, iykyk 🦋

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4th Berkeley Distribution came through with this one on Thu 28 September 2023 — mwah, thank you for your service, we're obsessed 🎀💖