target-process

Attach a collection to a running process specified by the process name.

GUI Equivalent

Analysis Target Setup > Attach To Process > Process name

-target-process <string>

A string containing the name of the process to profile.

Use the target-process option to attach a collect or collect-with action to a running process specified by the process name.

The target-pid option provides the same capabilities, but uses the process ID to specify the process.

In this example, a Hotspots analysis is attached to the myApp process, which is already running on the system.

 $ amplxe-cl -collect hotspots -target-process myApp.exe