ggcov - a GNOME frontend for exploring gcov coverage data

ggcov [GNOME options] [[-r] directory|file] ...

Ggcov is a GTK+ GUI for exploring test coverage data produced by C and C++ programs compiled with gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage. So it's basically a GUI replacement for the gcov program that comes with gcc.

Ggcov understands all the standard GTK+ and GNOME options, such as -display and -disable-crash-dialog. All other arguments are used to specify how to find coverage data files. The arguments can combinations of:

directory

The directory is scanned for source files, which are handled as if they had been specified on the commandline (except that missing coverage data files are silently ignored). If the -r flag is in effect, sub-directories are scanned recursively. Multiple directories can be specified and are scanned in the order given.

executable

The executable file is scanned for debugging records which contain source file names, and each source file which exists is handled as if it had been specified on the command line (except that missing coverage data files are silently ignored). Any shared libraries on which the executable depends are also scanned. Multiple executables can be specified and are scanned in the order given. This feature is only available on some platforms (for example, i386-linux).

source-file

Is any regular file ending in one of the file extensions .c, .cc, .cxx, .cpp, or .C. Source files are matched to their corresponding coverage data files (.gcno and .gcda files, or .bb, .bbg, and .da files with older compilers) and object files by searching for a file of the same basename and the appropriate extension first in the same directory as the source file and then in all the directories specified on the command line (in the order they were specified).

If no arguments are given, ggcov shows a file selection dialog so you can select one directory, executable, or source file.

Directories, executables, or source files can also be added after ggcov is started by dragging and dropping them from a GNOME Nautilus window onto any ggcov window.

-o dir, --object-directory=dir

Add the directory dir to the search path for object files and coverage data files.

-r, --recursive

When a directory is specified on the command line, search for coverage data files recursively in all child directories.

-X symbols, --suppress-ifdef=symbols

Do not include in statistics or summaries, code inside C pre-processor directives which depend on any of the given symbols. One or more symbols may be given, separated by commas or whitespace. Ggcov understands the following subset of the C pre-processor command set:

• #if SYMBOL

• #if defined(SYMBOL)

• #ifdef SYMBOL

• #ifndef SYMBOL

• #else

• #endif

This option is useful for suppressing test infrastructure code, debugging code, or other code which is compiled into the coverage test executable but whose coverage is not significant.

View coverage data for all the available source in an executable (on some platforms only):

ggcov a.out

View coverage data for all the C source in the current directory, suppressing code which depends on the symbols DEBUG or TEST:

ggcov -X DEBUG,TEST *.c

View coverage data for all the C source in one directory where the object files and test coverage data files are in different directories:

ggcov /foo/obj/ /foo/cov-data/ /foo/src/

Written by Greg Banks <gnb@alphalink.com.au>.

ggcov is Copyright © 2001-2005 Greg Banks <gnb@alphalink.com.au>.

This is free software; see the COPYING file for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.