GCOV-DUMP(1)

💅 GCOV-DUMP 💅

ok so real talk, bestie — this is the GCOV-DUMP(1) page from the GNU fam, and it's genuinely one of those little tools that eats. no cap. let me walk you through it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gcov-dump — the offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it dumps, offline, and it's iconic for it 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

gcov-dump [-v|--version]
     [-h|--help]
     [-l|--long]
     [-p|--positions]
     [-r|--raw]
     [-s|--stable]
     gcovfiles

like, you give it your gcovfiles and optionally sprinkle some flags on top. simple. elegant. main character energy 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so gcov-dump is the tool you use in conjunction with GCC to dump the content of gcda and gcno profile files — offline. that's literally the whole job and honestly? she does it well. no notes. 🌸

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• -h, --help — shows you the help for using gcov-dump (on the standard output, where else 💁), then dips immediately without doing any further processing. bye bestie ✌️
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records. long mode, long records, long lashes. go off 💅
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records. where they at? now you know 📍
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format. no filter, no makeup, just raw. we respect the honesty 🙈
• -s, --stable — prints content in stable format, which is usable for comparison. the way that this one is lowkey the most useful for diffing… obsessed 🦋
• -v, --version — prints the gcov-dump version number (standard output, as is tradition), then exits without doing any further processing. just a little flex, then gone ✨

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the gfdl(7) man page.

so like, yes you can copy and modify this doc — the license said so, and the license is the blueprint, periodt 💜

(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:

A GNU Manual

(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:

You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
software.  Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
funds for GNU development.

ngl that back-cover text is a whole mood: free software, funded by the people, slaying since forever 🌈

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aaand that's the page, bestie 🎀 this was gcc-13, dated 2026-09-10, and it's the GCOV-DUMP(1) man page — go forth, dump those profiles, and remember: offline is a lifestyle 💖✨