If you want to run mtrace to find a memory leak:

  • build with all your normal flags + MEMTRACE=1

  • make sure mtracefile does not exist in the $HOME dir

  • run the server from the $HOME dir.  Do not run any other program like yangcli-pro from this dir or it will clobber your mtracefile

  • Put this line in your .bashrc  (then source .bashrc)


export MALLOC_TRACE=./mtracefile


This will put the mtracefile in the dir where the program is run Another thing to have in your .bashrc:


 ulimit -c unlimited


This will allow core files to be build that has all the info, so a crash will capture all the details