[PATCH] perf tool: add example to perf-timechart documentation

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra
Date: Thu Oct 03 2013 - 05:22:25 EST


While at it, update the synopsis to show both forms.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
index 1632b0e..3ff8bd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf timechart' {record}
+'perf timechart' record <command>
+'perf timechart' [<options>]

DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ OPTIONS
--symfs=<directory>::
Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.

+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+$ perf timechart record git pull
+
+ [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
+ [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
+
+$ perf timechart
+
+ Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]
--
1.8.4.477.g5d89aa9

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