usage: valgrind --tool= [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? [no] --track-fds=no|yes track open file descriptors? [no] --time-stamp=no|yes add timestamps to log messages? [no] uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools: --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit? [yes] --weird-hacks=hack1,hack2,... recognised hacks: lax-ioctls,ioctl-mmap [none] --pointercheck=no|yes enforce client address space limits [yes] --support-elan3=no|yes hacks for Quadrics Elan3 support [no] user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: --log-fd= log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] --log-file= log messages to .pid --log-file-exactly= log messages to --log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port --demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] --num-callers= show callers in stack traces [4] --error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes] --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 [gdb -nw %f %p] --input-fd= file descriptor for input [0=stdin] user options for Nulgrind: (none) Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Julian Seward et al. and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: valgrind.kde.org. Tools are copyright and licensed by their authors. See each tool's start-up message for more information.