@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001,
-@c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GCC manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
@ignore
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
test code coverage in your programs.
@menu
-* Gcov Intro:: Introduction to gcov.
-* Invoking Gcov:: How to use gcov.
+* Gcov Intro:: Introduction to gcov.
+* Invoking Gcov:: How to use gcov.
* Gcov and Optimization:: Using gcov with GCC optimization.
* Gcov Data Files:: The files used by gcov.
* Cross-profiling:: Data file relocation.
@c man end
@node Invoking Gcov
-@section Invoking gcov
+@section Invoking @command{gcov}
@smallexample
-gcov @r{[}@var{options}@r{]} @var{sourcefile}
+gcov @r{[}@var{options}@r{]} @var{sourcefiles}
@end smallexample
@command{gcov} accepts the following options:
[@option{-l}|@option{--long-file-names}]
[@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-paths}]
[@option{-f}|@option{--function-summaries}]
- [@option{-o}|@option{--object-directory} @var{directory|file}] @var{sourcefile}
+ [@option{-o}|@option{--object-directory} @var{directory|file}] @var{sourcefiles}
[@option{-u}|@option{--unconditional-branches}]
@c man end
@c man begin SEEALSO
For a call, if it was executed at least once, then a percentage
indicating the number of times the call returned divided by the number
of times the call was executed will be printed. This will usually be
-100%, but may be less for functions call @code{exit} or @code{longjmp},
+100%, but may be less for functions that call @code{exit} or @code{longjmp},
and thus may not return every time they are called.
The execution counts are cumulative. If the example program were