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5 gcov \- test coverage program for GNU CC
8 .I "[-b] [-v] [-n] [-l] [-f] [-o directory] sourcefile"
11 This manual page documents briefly the
14 This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
15 (but may be used by others), because the original program does not
17 Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
20 is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GNU
21 CC to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster
22 running code. You can use gcov as a profiling tool to help
23 discover where your optimization efforts will best affect your code. You
24 can also use gcov along with the other profiling tool,
26 , to assess which parts of your code use the greatest amount
29 The program is documented fully by
30 .IR "gcc: The GNU C compiler.",
31 available via the Info system. The documentation for genclass can be
32 found in the subsection "Gcov", under "a GNU CC test coverage program".
34 This manual page was written by the egcs maintainers for the Debian