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2004-02-09 Ben Elliston <bje@wasabisystems.com>
* doc/runtest.1: Improve some wording. Update last revision date.
2004-02-09 Ben Elliston <bje@wasabisystems.com>
* NEWS: Document yesterday's work.

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.TH runtest 1 "29 Jul 2003"
.TH runtest 1 "2004-02-09"
.SH NAME
runtest \- the DejaGnu test driver program
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ runtest \- the DejaGnu test driver program
[ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I DejaGnu
is a framework for running test suites on GNU tools. It is written in
expect, which uses Tcl (Tool command language).
is a framework for running testsuites. It is written in Expect, which
in turn uses Tcl, the Tool command language.
.B runtest
is the test driver program; use it to control what tests to run,
and variations on how to run them.
is the test driver program; use it to control what tests to run, and
variations on how to run them.
You can find a comprehensive description of DejaGnu and \fBruntest\fR in
.I
The DejaGnu Testing Framework
@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ programs (like \fBtip\fR) don't use this value but instead use a separate
initialization file.
.TP
.BI --connect \ type
The type of connection to use. The choices are
The type of connection to use. The supported types are
.BR rlogin ,
.BR telnet ,
.BR rsh ,
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.B --debug
Turn on
.B expect
internal debugging output. All output is logged to
a file called \fBdbg.out\fR.
The output of the \fB--strace\fR also goes into this file.
internal debugging output. The output is logged to a file called
\fBdbg.out\fR.
.TP
.B --help
Prints out a help screen and then exits.
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.BI --strace \ N
Turns on
.B expect
internal tracing to \fIN\fR levels deep.
internal tracing to \fIN\fR levels deep. The output is logged to a
file called \fBdbg.out\fR.
.TP
.BI --target \ type
The configuration string for the target.
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of the test names to run. Usually these are the names of the
expect test driver, ie... special.exp.
Makefile style variables are used to specify tool names and their
Makefile-style variables are used to specify tool names and their
flags; these and other configuration dependent values are saved in the
file \fBsite.exp\fR, created during configuration.
.SH EXIT CODES

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