The basic steps

To use PureCoverage interactively:

1. Collect coverage data.

2. View the coverage data.

If you have not exercised your code sufficiently, or if you modify your code:

3. Rerun your program, merging or comparing the new coverage data with the old.

In addition to using PureCoverage interactively, you can incorporate PureCoverage into your automated tests.
 

What else can you do?

• Save coverage data.

• Orient yourself in PureCoverage's features.

• Use PureCoverage in a sample tutorial-style session with Hello World, as described in the Installing and Getting Started manual.

Note:

• If PureCoverage was installed on your system as a component of Rational PurifyPlus, you must license PurifyPlus in order to use PureCoverage:
  
  To do this, source or run the file <installtion_dir>/purifyplus_setup.csh or <installation_dir>/purifyplus_setup.sh, depending on the shell you are using. For example:
  
  % source /opt/rational/purifyplus_setup.csh
  
  or
  
  $. /opt/rational/purifyplus_setup.sh
  
  You can include the appropriate commands in your shell start-up script.