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how to check memory leak using valgrind
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| # check the memory usage using valgrind | |
| valgrind --tool=memcheck program_name | |
| # for detailed leak analysis, use --leak-check=yes | |
| valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes program_name | |
| # if the above step doesn't show up all the memory leaks, use --show-reachable=yes | |
| valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes program_name | |
| # redirect the valgrind output to a log file | |
| valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --log-file=valgrind.log program_name |
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