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# AnotherMemCheck
This software was created as an alternative to valgrind/memcheck.
## Usage
1. Build this software with cmake.
2. Assuming the output library is called `libAnotherMemCheck.so`, run your
program with the `LD_PRELOAD` environment variable set to this library.
LD_PRELOAD=path/libAnotherMemCheck.so ./myProgram
3. When the program exits, there should be diagnostic output from this library
showing all memory that has been `malloc`ed and not `free`ed. Note that some
memory will always be shown as having been not `free`ed (e.g. initializing
heap stuff for the program at start).
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## Other Notes
Since this is relatively newly written software (as of middle of 2024), there
might be a memory leak within this software when keeping track of memory. Thus,
this software may be revised later on.