Re: "Leaks" utility
Re: "Leaks" utility
- Subject: Re: "Leaks" utility
- From: Chris Suter <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:04:38 -0700
Hi Ryan,
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Ryan Joseph<email@hidden> wrote:
> I wasn't sure where to post this but Cocoa programmers should know as well
> as any one else I thought.
>
> I have just learned about the "leaks" unix utility for detecting memory
> leaks but I'm not unix savvy enough to understand a point mentioned in the
> man page. Which is:
>
> "If the MallocStackLogging environment variable was set when the application
> was launched, leaks also displays a stack trace describing where the buffer
> was allocated."
>
> Can anyone who uses this utility tell me how to set the this environment
> variable? I'm thinking it's possible this must be set via GDB, otherwise I'm
> not sure where it could get a stack trace from. Thank you for helping.
It's easier if you use MallocDebug or Instruments.
Regards,
Chris
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