dheap

Controls heap debugging

Format: 

Shows Memory Debugger state

dheap [ -status ]

Applies a saved configuration file

dheap -apply_config { default | filename }

Shows information about a backtrace

dheap -backtrace [ subcommands ]

Compares memory states

dheap -compare subcommands [ optional_subcommands ]
[ process | filename [ process | filename ] ]

Enables or disables the Memory Debugger

dheap { -enable | -disable }

Enables or disables event notification

dheap -event_filter subcommands

Writes memory information

dheap -export subcommands

Specifies the filters the Memory Debugger uses

dheap -filter subcommands

Writes guard blocks (memory before and after an allocation)

dheap -guard [ subcommands ]

Enables or disables the retaining (hoarding) of freed memory blocks

dheap -hoard [ subcommands ]

Displays Memory Debugger information

dheap -info [ subcommands ]

Indicates whether an address is in a deallocated block

dheap -is_dangling address

Locates memory leaks

dheap -leaks [ -check_interior ]

Enables or disables Memory Debugger event notification

dheap -[no]notify

Paints memory with a distinct pattern

dheap -paint [ subcommands ]

Enables or disables the ability to catch bounds errors and use-after-free errors retaining freed memory blocks

dheap -red_zones [ subcommands ]

Enables or disables allocation and reallocation notification

dheap -tag_alloc subcommand [ start_address [ end_address ] ]

Displays the Memory Debugger version number

dheap -version

Description: 

The dheap command is described in the Batch Scripting section of Locating Memory Problems in the MemoryScape documentation.