Syntax: cppcheck [OPTIONS] [files or paths]

If a directory is given instead of a filename, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.cc, *.c++, *.c, *.tpp, and *.txx files are checked recursively from the given directory.

Options: –append=<file> This allows you to provide information about functions by providing an implementation for them. –check-config Check cppcheck configuration. The normal code analysis is disabled by this flag. -D<ID> By default Cppcheck checks all configurations. Use -D to limit the checking. When -D is used the checking is limited to the given configuration. Example: -DDEBUG=1 -D__cplusplus –enable=<id> Enable additional checks. The available ids are: * all Enable all checks * style Enable all coding style checks. All messages with the severities ‘style’, ‘performance’ and ‘portability’ are enabled. * performance Enable performance messages * portability Enable portability messages * information Enable information messages * unusedFunction Check for unused functions * missingInclude Warn if there are missing includes. For detailed information use –check-config Several ids can be given if you separate them with commas. –error-exitcode=<n> If errors are found, integer [n] is returned instead of the default 0. 1 is returned if arguments are not valid or if no input files are provided. Note that your operating system can modify this value, e.g. 256 can become 0. –errorlist Print a list of all the error messages in XML format. –exitcode-suppressions=<file> Used when certain messages should be displayed but should not cause a non-zero exitcode. –file-list=<file> Specify the files to check in a text file. Add one filename per line. When file is -, the file list will be read from standard input. -f, –force Force checking of all configurations in files that have “too many” configurations. -h, –help Print this help. -I <dir> Give include path. Give several -I parameters to give several paths. First given path is checked first. If paths are relative to source files, this is not needed. -i <dir or file> Give a source file or source file directory to exclude from the check. This applies only to source files so header files included by source files are not matched. Directory name is matched to all parts of the path. –inline-suppr Enable inline suppressions. Use them by placing one or more comments, like: // cppcheck-suppress warningId on the lines before the warning to suppress. -j <jobs> Start [jobs] threads to do the checking simultaneously. –platform=<type> Specifies platform specific types and sizes. The available platforms are: * unix32 32 bit unix variant * unix64 64 bit unix variant * win32A 32 bit Windows ASCII character encoding * win32W 32 bit Windows UNICODE character encoding * win64 64 bit Windows -q, –quiet Only print error messages. –report-progress Report progress messages while checking a file. –rule=<rule> Match regular expression. –rule-file=<file> Use given rule file. For more information, see: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cppcheck/files/Articles/ -s, –style Deprecated, use –enable=style –std=posix Code is posix –std=c99 Code is C99 standard –suppress=<spec> Suppress warnings that match <spec>. The format of <spec> is: [error id]:[filename]:[line] The [filename] and [line] are optional. If [error id] is a wildcard ‘*’, all error ids match. –suppressions-list=<file> Suppress warnings listed in the file. Each suppression is in the same format as <spec> above. –template ‘<text>’ Format the error messages. E.g. ‘{file}:{line},{severity},{id},{message}’ or ‘{file}({line}):({severity}) {message}’ Pre-defined templates: gcc, vs -v, –verbose Output more detailed error information. –version Print out version number. –xml Write results in xml format to error stream (stderr). –xml-version=<version> Select the XML file version. Currently versions 1 and 2 are available. The default version is 1. Example usage:

Recursively check the current folder. Print the progress on the screen and

write errors to a file:
cppcheck . 2> err.txt

Recursively check ../myproject/ and don’t print progress:

cppcheck --quiet ../myproject/

Check only files one.cpp and two.cpp and give all information there is:

cppcheck -v -s one.cpp two.cpp

Check f.cpp and search include files from inc1/ and inc2/:

cppcheck -I inc1/ -I inc2/ f.cpp

For more information: http://cppcheck.sf.net/manual.pdf cppcheck: error: could not find or open any of the paths given.

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