cppcheck

A static analysis tool for C/C++ code.

Instead of syntax errors, it focuses on the types of bugs that compilers normally do not detect.

• Recursively check the current directory, showing progress on the screen and logging error messages to a file:

cppcheck . 2> cppcheck.log

• Recursively check a given directory, and don't print progress messages:

cppcheck --quiet {path/to/directory}

• Check a given file, specifying which tests to perform (by default only errors are shown):

cppcheck --enable={error|warning|style|performance|portability|information|all} {path/to/file.cpp}

• List available tests:

cppcheck --errorlist

• Check a given file, ignoring specific tests:

cppcheck --suppress={test_id1} --suppress={test_id2} {path/to/file.cpp}

• Check the current directory, providing paths for include files located outside it (e.g. external libraries):

cppcheck -I {include/directory_1} -I {include/directory_2} .

• Check a Microsoft Visual Studio project (`*.vcxproj`) or solution (`*.sln`):

cppcheck --project={path/to/project.sln}

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