gendesc - generate a test case description file

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LCOV 2.5

NAME

gendesc

Generate a test case description file (internal application)

SYNOPSIS

gendesc [ -h | –help ] [ -v | –version ]

[ -o | –output-filename filename ] inputfile

DESCRIPTION

Convert plain text test case descriptions into a format as understood by genhtml. inputfile needs to observe the following format:

For each test case:

  • one line containing the test case name beginning at the start of the line

  • one or more lines containing the test case description indented with at least one whitespace character (tab or space)

Example input file:

test01
    An example test case description.
    Description continued

test42
    Supposedly the answer to most of your questions

Note: valid test names can consist of letters, decimal digits and the underscore character (‘_’).

OPTIONS

-h, –help

Print a short help text, then exit.

-v, –version

Print version number, then exit.

-o filename, –output-filename filename

Write description data to filename.

By default, output is written to STDOUT.

AUTHOR

Peter Oberparleiter <Peter.Oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>

SEE ALSO

lcov(1), genhtml(1), geninfo(1), genpng(1), gcov(1)

https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov