GCOV-DUMP(1)

💅 GCOV-DUMP(1) — the GNU girlies' offline profile dump tool

okay so bestie, welcome to gcov-dump, a page from the GNU manual set, and trust me, this one is lowkey iconic ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

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

like. it dumps profiles. offline. no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

gcov-dump [-v|--version]
     [-h|--help]
     [-l|--long]
     [-p|--positions]
     gcovfiles

yes the flags are stacked like that, and yes gcovfiles goes at the end, she's the main character 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

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

that's it. that's the vibe. you got profile files, you wanna peek inside without GCC holding your hand, this is the girl for the job 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help — displays help about using gcov-dump (on the standard output), and exits without doing any further processing. like she shows you the menu and then leaves the restaurant 😭
• -l, --long — dumps content of records 👑 the full tea, not just the summary
• -p, --positions — dumps positions of records 📍 so you know where everything lives
• -v, --version — displays the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output), and exits without doing any further processing 🎀 same energy as -h, just a different flex

ngl if you pass -h or -v expecting more output, she's already gone. no further processing. periodt 💀

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (c) 2017-2020 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.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚✨

this one shipped as part of gcc-10.2.0, dated 2020-07-23 — so when you're reading this, just know she's been serving since way back and she's still eating 💅👑 mwah, go dump some profiles, ily 🫶💜