C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench Static Analyzer

Using SoftBench Static Analyzer in Standalone Mode

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Using SoftBench Static Analyzer in

Standalone Mode

This section describes using SoftBench Static Analyzer from the

command line. When you start SoftBench Static Analyzer from the

command line, it has no knowledge of your project data. To access project

data, start SoftBench Static Analyzer from the main SoftBench window

or from the editor or SoftBench Debugger when they are started from the

main SoftBench window.

Generating Static Data from the Command Line

If you build your application outside of SoftBench, you need to use the

"-y" compile option. This ﬂag causes your compiler to generate a Static

database, even when you build outside of SoftBench. To generate Static

information without rebuilding the application, use "-y -nocode".

SoftBench Static Analyzer provides the ability to generate Static data

by parsing your code without ﬁrst compiling it. To generate Static data

without compiling, choose "File: Analyze File Set" in SoftBench

Static Analyzer. This data is not as reliable as compiled data, nor is

SoftBench Static Analyzer as reliable in knowing how to generate this

data.

Searching Subdirectories

When you use SoftBench Static Analyzer in project-aware mode,

SoftBench knows where to ﬁnd the source ﬁles in the project. In contrast,

in standalone mode, SoftBench Static Analyzer looks in the current

working directory and in any other ﬁles and directories speciﬁed in the

analysis ﬁle set.

Additionally, in standalone mode, SoftBench Static Analyzer provides a

short cut for analyzing a multi-directory application. To recursively

search all subdirectories below a speciﬁed directory, choose "Options:

Behavior Settings…" and select "■ Recursively Search

Subdirectories". This setting causes SoftBench Static Analyzer to

recursively search all directories listed in the analysis ﬁle set.