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How use Instruments and display the console in Command Lines applications


I'm using Xcode on OSX to develop command line C applications. I would also like to use Instruments to profile and find memory leaks.

However, I couldn't find a way to display the console when launching the application from within Instruments. I'm also unable to attach to a running command line process (it exits with an error):

Here's an example code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <setjmp.h>

static sigjmp_buf jmpbuf;

void handler(int sig) {
    char c[BUFSIZ];

    printf ("Got signal %d\n", sig);
    printf ("Deseja sair? (s/n) ");

    fgets(c, sizeof(c), stdin);

    if(c[0] == 's') {
        exit(0);
    } else {
        siglongjmp(jmpbuf, 1);
    }
}

int main(void) {
    char buf[BUFSIZ];

    signal(SIGINT, handler);

    sigsetjmp(jmpbuf, 1);

    while(1) {
        printf(">>>");
        fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin);
        printf ("Introduziu: %s\n", buf);
    }

    return(0);
}

Here's the error I got after launching Instruments, and trying to attach to the running process in xcode:

[Switching to process 1475]
[Switching to process 1475]
Error while running hook_stop:
sharedlibrary apply-load-rules all
Error while running hook_stop:
Invalid type combination in ordering comparison.
Error while running hook_stop:
Invalid type combination in ordering comparison.
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:
Error while running hook_stop:

Unable to disassemble __CFInitialize.

Any thoughts?


Solution

  • It's easy. See the screenshot.

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