GCOV-DUMP(1)

📦 version 16.2.0+git9497, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 GCOV-DUMP(1) — the offline gcda/gcno profile dump tool, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for gcov-dump from the GCOV-DUMP(1) family of things, and I'm gonna explain the whole thing to you like we're texting at 2am 🫶

🌸 NAME

gcov-dump — offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool 💖

like, it dumps profile files, offline, no network, no drama. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS

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

see how it's giving "flags first, files last"? that's the whole vibe. gcovfiles is literally the files you're dumping, no cap ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION

gcov-dump is a tool you can use in conjunction with GCC to dump content of gcda and gcno profile files offline 🔥

that's it, that's the whole job. it's the lowkey bestie of GCC — it just reads those profile files and shows you what's inside, and it does it offline so no wifi required, we love a self-sufficient icon 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — displays help about using gcov-dump (on the standard output, very demure) and then exits without doing any further processing. like it clocks out immediately, respect 🙈
  • -l, --long — dumps content of records. the long version. more info, more to obsess over 💖
  • -p, --positions — dumps positions of records. where things are, literally ⭐
  • -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format. no filter, no makeup, just raw 🔥
  • -s, --stable — prints content in stable format usable for comparison. perfect for when you wanna diff two runs and not lose your mind, fr fr 🧚
  • -v, --version — displays the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output, icon behavior) and exits without doing any further processing. bye bestie 👑

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 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. 📜

(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 the license section is doing a lot of heavy lifting here but it's iconic and you gotta keep it, iykyk 🌈

💜 and that's the whole page, bestie! 💜

this beauty dropped as gcc-16 on 2026-08-07, so if anyone asks, that's the ✨provenance✨ — mwah, go dump some profiles 🍓🧚

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