Invoking Dr. Memory from the Command Line

Invoking Dr. Memory from the Command Line

Run your application as you normally would from a command prompt (on Windows, either the cmd shell or a Cygwin prompt), with drmemory and "--" prefixed to the command line (the "--" separates any arguments to Dr. Memory from the application being run).

On Windows:

drmemory.exe -- c:/path/to/my/app args to my app

On Linux, Mac, or Android:

drmemory -- /path/to/my/app args to my app

Examples throughout the rest of the documentation will use just one platform, but can readily be adapted to the other by changing the front-end (drmemory.exe or drmemory) and the path style.

If as part of Installing Dr. Memory you did not add Dr. Memory to your path, you'll need to specify the full path to Dr. Memory.

On Windows, you can also drag-and-drop your application onto drmemory.exe in Windows Explorer or on the Desktop if you requested a Desktop shorcut upon installation.

When running scripts it is best to explicitly invoke the interpreter rather than invoking the script directly. For example:

drmemory -- /usr/bin/perl ./myscript.pl