</term>
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<para>Produce “ticky-ticky” statistics at the
- end of the program run. The <replaceable>file</replaceable>
- business works just like on the <option>-S</option> RTS
- option (above).</para>
-
- <para>“Ticky-ticky” statistics are counts of
- various program actions (updates, enters, etc.) The program
- must have been compiled using
- <option>-ticky</option><indexterm><primary><option>-ticky</option></primary></indexterm>
- (a.k.a. “ticky-ticky profiling”), and, for it to
- be really useful, linked with suitable system libraries.
- Not a trivial undertaking: consult the installation guide on
- how to set things up for easy “ticky-ticky”
- profiling. For more information, see <xref
- linkend="ticky-ticky"/>.</para>
+ end of the program run (only available if the program was
+ linked with <option>-debug</option>).
+ The <replaceable>file</replaceable> business works just like
+ on the <option>-S</option> RTS option, above.</para>
+
+ <para>For more information on ticky-ticky profiling, see
+ <xref linkend="ticky-ticky"/>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>