summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/dev/README.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/dev/README.txt')
-rw-r--r--docs/dev/README.txt17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/dev/README.txt b/docs/dev/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c13231ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/dev/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Glances profiling
+=================
+
+First install Sphinx and the RTD theme:
+
+ apt install graphviz
+ pip install gprof2dot
+
+Then generate the profiling diagram:
+
+ cd <Glances source>
+ python -m cProfile -o /tmp/glances.pstats ./glances/__main__.py
+ gprof2dot -f pstats /tmp/glances.pstats | dot -Tpng -o /tmp/glances-cprofile.png
+
+Example:
+
+.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/dev/glances-cprofile.png