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 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) 2000-2008 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.