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Re: Looking for good Purify like memory check tool for gcc

From: Andy Howell <AndyHowell at austin dot rr dot com>
Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:53:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Looking for good Purify like memory check tool for gcc
References: <000501c352d9$26cd3770$5b02000a@solipsys.com>

Tony Wetmore wrote:

If you want something that runs (only) on Linux, you might check out
Valgrind:

http://developer.kde.org/~sewardj/

Essentially it works by running your process in a sort of virtual
machine environment, so it can detect all sorts of weirdness, but it can
slow down your process quite a bit.  Assuming that's not a problem for
you, this may be a good tool.

Tony,

Thanks. Installed it and gave it a quick try. Looks promissing.

Andy

References:
- RE: Looking for good Purify like memory check tool for gcc
  - From: Tony Wetmore

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