The basic steps

To use Purify:

1. Instrument and run your program.

2. Analyze Purify error messages.

3. Correct the errors and rerun the program.

Notes:

• You can use Purify in automated testing.

• For a sample tutorial-style session with Purify, click

• If Purify was installed on your system as a component of Rational PurifyPlus, you must license PurifyPlus in order to use Purify:
  
  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.