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1usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args
2
3  tool-selection option, with default in [ ]:
4    --tool=<name>             use the Valgrind tool named <name> [memcheck]
5
6  basic user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]:
7    -h --help                 show this message
8    --help-debug              show this message, plus debugging options
9    --version                 show version
10    -q --quiet                run silently; only print error msgs
11    -v --verbose              be more verbose -- show misc extra info
12    --trace-children=no|yes   Valgrind-ise child processes (follow execve)? [no]
13    --trace-children-skip=patt1,patt2,...    specifies a list of executables
14                              that --trace-children=yes should not trace into
15    --child-silent-after-fork=no|yes omit child output between fork & exec? [no]
16    --track-fds=no|yes        track open file descriptors? [no]
17    --time-stamp=no|yes       add timestamps to log messages? [no]
18    --log-fd=<number>         log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr]
19    --log-file=<file>         log messages to <file>
20    --log-socket=ipaddr:port  log messages to socket ipaddr:port
21
22  user options for Valgrind tools that report errors:
23    --xml=yes                 emit error output in XML (some tools only)
24    --xml-fd=<number>         XML output to file descriptor
25    --xml-file=<file>         XML output to <file>
26    --xml-socket=ipaddr:port  XML output to socket ipaddr:port
27    --xml-user-comment=STR    copy STR verbatim into XML output
28    --demangle=no|yes         automatically demangle C++ names? [yes]
29    --num-callers=<number>    show <number> callers in stack traces [12]
30    --error-limit=no|yes      stop showing new errors if too many? [yes]
31    --error-exitcode=<number> exit code to return if errors found [0=disable]
32    --show-below-main=no|yes  continue stack traces below main() [no]
33    --suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename>
34    --gen-suppressions=no|yes|all    print suppressions for errors? [no]
35    --db-attach=no|yes        start debugger when errors detected? [no]
36    --db-command=<command>    command to start debugger [... -nw %f %p]
37    --input-fd=<number>       file descriptor for input [0=stdin]
38    --dsymutil=no|yes         run dsymutil on Mac OS X when helpful? [no]
39    --max-stackframe=<number> assume stack switch for SP changes larger
40                              than <number> bytes [2000000]
41    --main-stacksize=<number> set size of main thread's stack (in bytes)
42                              [use current 'ulimit' value]
43
44  user options for Valgrind tools that replace malloc:
45    --alignment=<number>      set minimum alignment of heap allocations [...]
46
47  uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools:
48    --fullpath-after=         (with nothing after the '=')
49                              show full source paths in call stacks
50    --fullpath-after=string   like --fullpath-after=, but only show the
51                              part of the path after 'string'.  Allows removal
52                              of path prefixes.  Use this flag multiple times
53                              to specify a set of prefixes to remove.
54    --smc-check=none|stack|all  checks for self-modifying code: none,
55                              only for code found in stacks, or all [stack]
56    --read-var-info=yes|no    read debug info on stack and global variables
57                              and use it to print better error messages in
58                              tools that make use of it (Memcheck, Helgrind,
59                              DRD) [no]
60    --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit on Linux? [yes]
61    --sim-hints=hint1,hint2,...  known hints:
62                                 lax-ioctls, enable-outer [none]
63    --kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,...  known variants: bproc [none]
64                              handle non-standard kernel variants
65    --show-emwarns=no|yes     show warnings about emulation limits? [no]
66    --require-text-symbol=:sonamepattern:symbolpattern    abort run if the
67                              stated shared object doesn't have the stated
68                              text symbol.  Patterns can contain ? and *.
69
70  user options for Nulgrind:
71    (none)
72
73  Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc
74
75  Nulgrind is Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote.
76  Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
77  LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP et al.
78
79  Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org.
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