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usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args
common user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]:
--tool=<name> use the Valgrind tool named <name> [memcheck]
-h --help show this message
--help-debug show this message, plus debugging options
--version show version
-q --quiet run silently; only print error msgs
-v --verbose be more verbose, incl counts of errors
--trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes (follow execve)? [no]
--child-silent-after-fork=no|yes omit child output between fork & exec? [no]
--track-fds=no|yes track open file descriptors? [no]
--time-stamp=no|yes add timestamps to log messages? [no]
--log-fd=<number> log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr]
--log-file=<file> log messages to <file>
--log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port
uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools:
--run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit? [yes]
--sim-hints=hint1,hint2,... known hints:
lax-ioctls, enable-outer [none]
--show-emwarns=no|yes show warnings about emulation limits? [no]
--smc-check=none|stack|all checks for self-modifying code: none,
only for code found in stacks, or all [stack]
--kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,... known variants: bproc [none]
handle non-standard kernel variants
--read-var-info=yes|no read debug info on stack and global variables
and use it to print better error messages in
tools that make use of it (Memcheck, Helgrind,
DRD)
user options for Valgrind tools that report errors:
--xml=yes emit error output in XML (some tools only)
--xml-fd=<number> XML output to file descriptor
--xml-file=<file> XML output to <file>
--xml-socket=ipaddr:port XML output to socket ipaddr:port
--xml-user-comment=STR copy STR verbatim into XML output
--demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes]
--num-callers=<number> show <number> callers in stack traces [12]
--error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes]
--error-exitcode=<number> exit code to return if errors found [0=disable]
--show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no]
--suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename>
--gen-suppressions=no|yes|all print suppressions for errors? [no]
--db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no]
--db-command=<command> command to start debugger [/usr/bin/gdb -nw %f %p]
--input-fd=<number> file descriptor for input [0=stdin]
--max-stackframe=<number> assume stack switch for SP changes larger
than <number> bytes [2000000]
--main-stacksize=<number> set size of main thread's stack (in bytes)
[use current 'ulimit' value]
user options for Nulgrind:
(none)
Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc
Nulgrind is Copyright (C) 2002-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote.
Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org.