Bug 226105 - Man page does not document --tool
Summary: Man page does not document --tool
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: valgrind
Classification: Developer tools
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6 SVN
Platform: Compiled Sources All
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Julian Seward
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Reported: 2010-02-10 05:18 UTC by Matt McCutchen
Modified: 2024-06-26 14:35 UTC (History)
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Description Matt McCutchen 2010-02-10 05:18:37 UTC
The man page does not mention --tool, arguably one of valgrind's most important options.
Comment 1 Paul Floyd 2024-06-26 14:35:58 UTC
This has been documented for some time.

09b283bb (Tom Hughes          2011-08-15 08:20:53 +0000  639) <para id="tool.opts.para">The single most important option.</para>
e53a6fba (Donna Robinson      2005-12-03 22:33:29 +0000  640) 
09b283bb (Tom Hughes          2011-08-15 08:20:53 +0000  641) <variablelist id="tool.opts.list">
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  642) 
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  643)   <varlistentry id="tool_name" xreflabel="--tool">
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  644)     <term>
d5b384f8 (Nicholas Nethercote 2009-08-04 01:16:01 +0000  645)       <option><![CDATA[--tool=<toolname> [default: memcheck] ]]></option>
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  646)     </term>
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  647)     <listitem>
d5b384f8 (Nicholas Nethercote 2009-08-04 01:16:01 +0000  648)       <para>Run the Valgrind tool called <varname>toolname</varname>,
d8b376f4 (Philippe Waroquiers 2014-04-30 20:23:47 +0000  649)       e.g. memcheck, cachegrind, callgrind, helgrind, drd, massif,
40187fcd (Julian Seward       2020-04-17 19:23:26 +0200  650)       dhat, lackey, none, exp-bbv, etc.</para>
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  651)     </listitem>
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  652)   </varlistentry>
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  653) 
d3740f94 (Julian Seward       2009-07-15 14:52:52 +0000  654) </variablelist>
e53a6fba (Donna Robinson      2005-12-03 22:33:29 +0000  655) 
7a75a9f5 (Nicholas Nethercote 2004-11-30 10:43:45 +0000  656) </sect2>