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usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args
tool-selection option, with default in [ ]:
--tool=<name> use the Valgrind tool named <name> [memcheck]
basic user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]:
-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 -- show misc extra info
--trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes (follow execve)? [no]
--trace-children-skip=patt1,patt2,... specifies a list of executables
that --trace-children=yes should not trace into
--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
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 [... -nw %f %p]
--input-fd=<number> file descriptor for input [0=stdin]
--dsymutil=no|yes run dsymutil on Mac OS X when helpful? [no]
--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 Valgrind tools that replace malloc:
--alignment=<number> set minimum alignment of heap allocations [...]
uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools:
--smc-check=none|stack|all checks for self-modifying code: none,
only for code found in stacks, or all [stack]
--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) [no]
--run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit on Linux? [yes]
--sim-hints=hint1,hint2,... known hints:
lax-ioctls, enable-outer [none]
--kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,... known variants: bproc [none]
handle non-standard kernel variants
--show-emwarns=no|yes show warnings about emulation limits? [no]
user options for Nulgrind:
(none)
Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc
Nulgrind is Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote.
Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org.