SANCOV(1)

💖 SANCOV(1) — the sancov girlies' guide 💖

okay bestie, sit down, grab a boba, because we're talking about sancov from the User Commands crew. it's the Sanitizer Coverage Processing Tool and honestly? it's iconic. it eats. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

sancov — manual page for sancov 19 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

OVERVIEW: Sanitizer Coverage Processing Tool (sancov)

so like. this tool pulls every kind of coverage-related info out of:

• coverage-instrumented binary files
• raw .sancov files
• their symbolized .symcov version

and depending on which action you pick, it wants different input files. no cap. it's giving ✨choose your own adventure✨:

• -print-coverage-pcs — wants coverage-instrumented binary files 🧚
• -print-coverage — wants .sancov files 🍓
• <other actions> — wants .sancov files & the corresponding binary files, plus .symcov files 👑

USAGE:

sancov [options] <action> <binary files...> <.sancov files...> <.symcov files...>

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🎀 Action (required): 🎀

bestie, this part is required. you literally cannot skip it. pick exactly one, periodt.

• -covered-functions — prints all covered funcions. 💖
• -html-report — REMOVED. use -symbolize & coverage-report-server.py instead. she's gone, she's retired, we don't talk about her. 💀
• -merge — merges reports. two reports become one, it's giving fusion dance 🔥
• -not-covered-functions — prints all not covered funcions. the ones who didn't show up to the party 😭
• -print-coverage-pcs — prints coverage instrumentation points addresses. 🎯
• -print-coverage-stats — prints coverage statistics. numbers, but make it slay 📊
• -print — print coverage addresses ✨
• -symbolize — produces a symbolized JSON report from a binary report. glow-up in file format form 🌈

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💜 Generic Options: 💜

• -help — display this help 🫶
• -h — alias for --help
• -version — display the version
• -v — alias for --version

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

here's the full menu, no skips, no cuts, all 9 of them because we don't gatekeep 💅

• -demangle=0 — alias for --no-demangle
• -demangle — demangle function names 🪄
• -ignorelist=<string> — ignorelist file (sanitizer ignorelist format)
• -no-demangle — do not demangle function names. leave them exactly as they are, we respect their raw form 🙈
• -no-skip-dead-files — list dead source files in reports 👻
• -skip-dead-files=0 — alias for --no-skip-dead-files
• -skip-dead-files — do not list dead source files in reports. ghosting the ghosts 💀
• -strip_path_prefix=<string> — strip this prefix from files paths in reports ✂️
• -use_default_ignorelist=0 — alias for --no-use_default_ignore_list

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ngl bestie, that's the whole page. every flag, every alias, every action, all accounted for. vibe check: passed. ✅

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okay that's a wrap on the group chat 💖 this was sancov 19, dated June 2025, and she's still serving. go forth and instrument your binaries, you absolute main character. mwah 🎀✨🦋