usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args common user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]: --tool= use the Valgrind tool named [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= log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] --log-file= log messages to --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) user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: --xml=yes all output is in XML (some tools only) --xml-user-comment=STR copy STR verbatim to XML output --demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] --num-callers= show callers in stack traces [12] --error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes] --error-exitcode= exit code to return if errors found [0=disable] --show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no] --suppressions= suppress errors described in --gen-suppressions=no|yes|all print suppressions for errors? [no] --db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no] --db-command= command to start debugger [/usr/bin/gdb -nw %f %p] --input-fd= file descriptor for input [0=stdin] --max-stackframe= assume stack switch for SP changes larger than bytes [2000000] --main-stacksize= 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 Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Julian Seward et al. and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org. Tools are copyright and licensed by their authors. See each tool's start-up message for more information.