GCOV-DUMP(1)

💖 GCOV-DUMP(1) — the GNU manual page for gcov-dump 💖

okay bestie, this is the gcov-dump page from GNU, and it's all about dumping gcda and gcno profile files so you can read them offline 🧚✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

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

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so gcov-dump is a tool you use alongside GCC to dump what's inside gcda and gcno profile files, and it does it offline 😭 no cap, that's the whole vibe, it's literally giving "read your data without needing to be online" energy 🔥

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — this is the help menu, bestie 💁‍♀️ it prints info about using gcov-dump to the standard output and then exits without doing any further processing 🌈
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records 🍓
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records 🦋
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format 💜
• -v, --version — shows you the gcov-dump version number on the standard output, then exits without doing any further processing ✨ very main character, just the number and bye 💅

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

okay legal bit, but make it cute 🥺

Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

so you're allowed to copy, distribute, and/or modify this document under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation 🫶 the Invariant Sections are "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts are (a) below, and the Back-Cover Texts are (b) below. a copy of the license is included in the gfdl(7) man page, so go check that out if you're curious 🤓

(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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🌈 that's the whole page, bestie! this one was gcc-11.5.0, dated 2024-07-19, so it's a little vintage but still iconic 🧚💖 stay curious, stay slay ✨🫶