PC-Lint is a static analysis tool for C/C++ programmes that finds bugs and glitches in source code to make programs more reliable. It runs on Windows, DOS and OS/2 and supports ANSI C, K&R C and ANSI C++, working with all major compilers. It contains numerous features such as precision tracking, strong type checking, initialisation checking and macro analysis and looks for intermodule inconsistencies and redundancies. It provides more than 700 error messages with an associated error number for tracing a more detailed description of the error.

Platforms

Windows Vista / XP / NT / 2000 / ME / 98 / 95

MS-DOS (built-in DOS extender)

OS/2

Installation

On Windows, running the setup program will copy the PC-lint files onto your hard drive.  Running the configuration wizard (config.exe) will configure PC-lint for your compiler, libraries, editors and IDEs.  It may be run multiple times if you have multiple configurations you need support for.  It will build a batch file for running PC-lint (lin.bat) and will invoke the appropriate PC-lint configuration files for your environment.

On MS-DOS and OS/2, run the install program and follow the directions.

Running PC-lint

By default, PC-lint is a console application and is run from the command line.

PC-lint can be run directly, by using a batch script, lin.bat, which is built for you by the config program, or it can be invoked from within a make file.

If you are using an editor or IDE, you may be able to set up PC-lint to run as a tool from within the IDE.