runtest(1)

NAME
runtest - the DejaGnu test driver program

SYNOPSIS
runtest [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
DejaGnu is a framework for running test suites on GNU tools. It is written in expect, which uses TCL (Tool command language). runtest 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 runtest in The DejaGnu Testing Framework or its Info version, dejagnu.info.

OPTIONS

--help
    Prints out a help screen and then exits.

-D[number]
    Activate the Tcl debugger.number can be either 1 or 0. If it is 1, then the expect shell will break when it starts to run. All ^C's drop DejaGnu back to the debugger prompt. A 0 starts DejaGnu like normal, but a ^C drops to the debugger prompt.

--baud  rate
    Set the baud rate for a serial line connection. Some serial interface programs (like tip) don't use this value but instead use a separate initialization file.

--version, -V
    Prints out the versions of DejaGnu, expect and Tcl.

--verbose, -v
    Turns on more debugging output from test cases and DejaGnu utility code. Use more than once to increase output further.

--all
    Print all test output to screen. By default, only unexpected results are displayed.

--diff file
    Run diff on the summary of the current run and the previous run.

--debug
    Turn on expect internal debugging output. All output is logged to a file called dbg.out. The output of the --strace also goes into this file.

--srcdir path
    path is a directory containing test directories.

--objdir path
    path is a directory containing compiled test code.

--strace N
    Turns on expect internal tracing to N levels deep.

--host type
    The configuration string for the host.

--target type
    The configuration string for the host.

--name hostname
    The network hostname of the target board.

--tool toolname
    Specify the tool to be tested. toolname controls the test suite applied, and the associated initialization module.

--outdir directory
    The name of a directory for test log output.

--noreboot
    Do not reboot the target board when runtest initializes.

--mail 'name1 name2 ...'
    Electronic mail addresses to receive test results.

--connect type
    The type of connection to use. The choices are rlogin, telnet, rsh, kermit, tip, mondfe.

Any file name on the command line is assumed to be a subset 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 flags; these and other configuration dependent values are saved in the file site.exp, created during configuration.

EXIT CODES
runtest sets the exit code to 1 if any of the tests failed, or sets it to 0 if all the tests passed.

SEE ALSO
The DejaGnu Testing Framework (dejagnu.info). This is the DejaGnu manual; its source is the Texinfo file doc/dejagnu.texi in the DejaGnu distribution.

AUTHOR
Rob Savoye (rob@cygnus.com)