VSCode tasks.json file for debugging and testing a c program. The first task builds the program and creates an executable. The second task runs the program with valgrind to check for memory leaks. The executable is saved in a /build directory. The third, fourth and fifth are to be used with CMake.

tasks.json

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "label": "R: C/C++: gcc-11 build active file",
            "command": "/usr/bin/gcc-11",
            "args": [
                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
                "-g",
                "${fileDirname}/**.c",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}/build/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
            ],
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
        },
        {
            "type": "shell",
            "label": "R: Run with Valgrind",
            "command": "valgrind",
            "args": [
                "--leak-check=full",
                "./build/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
            ],
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
            },
            "group": {
                "kind": "test",
                "isDefault": false
            },
            "detail": "Run the program with Valgrind."
        },
        {
            "label": "R: C/C++: cmake build",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "cmake",
            "args": [
                "-S",
                "${fileDirname}",
                "-B",
                "${fileDirname}/build"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": false
            },
            "detail": "CMake build task."
        },
        {
            "label": "R: C/C++: make build",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "make",
            "args": [
                "-C",
                "${fileDirname}/build"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": false
            },
            "detail": "Make build task.",
            "dependsOn": "R: C/C++: cmake build"
        },
        {
            "label": "R: C/C++: CMake and make build",
            "type": "shell",
            "dependsOn": [
                "R: C/C++: cmake build",
                "R: C/C++: make build"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "CMake and make build task."
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}