Quick Start

This section provides just enough information to start using the basic features of StopWatch . If you run into trouble or want to learn about the advanced features, read the rest of the StopWatch User's Guide and the man pages.

1.

Select a makefile that matches the configuration of your system. The makefile names are of the form mf.<os>.<compiler>.<cpusec> where <os> is the operating system, <compiler> is the Fortran 90 compiler, and <cpusec> is the form of subroutine cpu_second. If you don't find your system, select a makefile for a similar system and modify it. The makefile contains examples of how to compile your program along with StopWatch .

2.

Using an example program as a model (for example, ``simple''), modify the makefile to compile your program.

3.

In each program unit that calls a StopWatch subroutine, insert the statement

      use stopwatch

4.

Declare one or more variables to be of type watchtype, for example

      type (watchtype) w

5.

Instrument your code as appropriate with subroutine calls:

      call create_watch(w)
      call start_watch(w)
      call stop_watch(w)
      call reset_watch(w)
      call print_watch(w)
      call read_watch(val,w,s)
      call destroy_watch(w)

where s in read_watch is one of the character strings 'cpu', 'user', 'sys', or 'wall', depending on what clock you want to read, and val is a real variable (of default kind) in which the clock value is returned.