If you normally run your program like this:
Use this command line:
Your program will run much slower (eg. 20 to 30 times) than normal, and use a lot more memory.
Memcheck will issue messages about memory errors and leaks that it detects.
myprog arg1 arg2
Use this command line:
valgrind --leak-check=yes myprog arg1 arg2
Memcheck is the default tool. The
--leak-check
option turns on the detailed memory leak detector.Your program will run much slower (eg. 20 to 30 times) than normal, and use a lot more memory.
Memcheck will issue messages about memory errors and leaks that it detects.