For those who don't have or can't get Purify, here is an item from the
comp.lang.c FAQ:
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18.2: How can I track down these pesky malloc problems?
A: A number of debugging packages exist to help track down malloc
problems; one popular one is Conor P. Cahill's "dbmalloc,"
posted to comp.sources.misc in 1992, volume 32. Others are
"leak," available in volume 27 of the comp.sources.unix
archives; JMalloc.c and JMalloc.h in the "Snippets" collection;
and MEMDEBUG from ftp.crpht.lu in pub/sources/memdebug . See
also question 18.16.
A number of commercial debugging tools exist, and can be
invaluable in tracking down malloc-related and other stubborn
problems:
Bounds-Checker for DOS, from Nu-Mega Technologies,
P.O. Box 7780, Nashua, NH 03060-7780, USA, 603-889-2386.
CodeCenter (formerly Saber-C) from Centerline Software
(formerly Saber), 10 Fawcett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138,
USA, 617-498-3000.
Insight, from ParaSoft Corporation, 2500 E. Foothill
Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107, USA, 818-792-9941,
insight@parasoft.com .
Purify, from Pure Software, 1309 S. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale,
CA 94087, USA, 800-224-7873, http://www.pure.com ,
info-home@pure.com .
Final Exam Memory Advisor, from PLATINUM Technology
(formerly Sentinel from AIB Software), 1815 South Meyers
Rd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, USA, 630-620-5000,
800-442-6861, info@platinum.com, www.platinum.com .
ZeroFault, from The Kernel Group, 1250 Capital of Texas
Highway South, Building Three, Suite 601, Austin,
TX 78746, 512-433-3333, http://www.tkg.com, zf@tkg.com .
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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
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