GCOV
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION SEE ALSO AUTHOR
gcov - test coverage program for GNU CC
gcov [-b? [-v? [-n? [-l? [-f? [-o directory? sourcefile
This manual page documents briefly the gcov command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
gcov is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GNU CC to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running code. You can use gcov as a profiling tool to help discover where your optimization efforts will best affect your code. You can also use gcov along with the other profiling tool, gprof , to assess which parts of your code use the greatest amount of computing time.
The program is documented fully by gcc-2.95: The GNU C compiler., available via the Info system. The documentation for gcov can be found in the subsection ''
This manual page was written by the egcs maintainers for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
