Linux equivalents of pclint and boundschecker?

galapogos · 07-14-2008, 02:21 AM

Hi,

I'm moving to Linux programming currently and I'd like to know if there are any equivalents to the above-mentioned tools for Linux programming? I've googled around and seems like lclint is the one for lint, while boundschecker's Linux counterparts include purify, Valgrind and Insure++.

Which is the easiest/best to use for a Linux noob? I will be coding in C(not C++) in Mandriva 2008, if it makes any difference.

TIA.

pxsnet · 07-14-2008, 08:12 PM

I've used valgrind for checking mem-leaking. I think it's good enough.

galapogos · 07-14-2008, 09:16 PM

Thanks. I've tried it with a simple program and it works as expected. However, I tried it on another program using ncurses and the output was all over the place. Any way to format it better or pipe the output to a file?

pxsnet · 07-14-2008, 09:24 PM

--log-file=balala.log

see manpage for more options =)

galapogos · 07-14-2008, 09:31 PM

Thanks again