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authorBen Elliston <bje@gnu.org>2004-02-08 21:24:28 +0000
committerBen Elliston <bje@gnu.org>2004-02-08 21:24:28 +0000
commitc0c9d053bac795e41bfc47b6089bbeee43e73867 (patch)
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parent299ef54186e7967817ecf6b9e266a110025e7b0a (diff)
* doc/runtest.1: Improve some wording. Update last revision date.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.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 ,
@@ -40,9 +39,8 @@ and
.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.
@@ -75,7 +73,8 @@ Reboot the target board when \fBruntest\fR initializes
.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.
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ 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
+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