X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/6a85698d6176e117198e061607fd77dcb2d081a2..8e58def7059f57874735b0ed8897f8ad49a12eb5:/tools/tesh/tesh.1 diff --git a/tools/tesh/tesh.1 b/tools/tesh/tesh.1 index 35a02caf50..d5d7283d57 100644 --- a/tools/tesh/tesh.1 +++ b/tools/tesh/tesh.1 @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ .SH NAME tesh \- testing shell .SH SYNOPSIS -.B ls +.B tesh [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]... .SH DESCRIPTION -This is the TESH tool. It constitutes a testing shell, ie a sort of shell specialized to run tests. The list of actions to take is parsed from files files called testsuite. +This is the TESH tool. It constitutes a testing shell, ie a sort of shell specialized to run tests. The list of actions to take is parsed from files files called testsuite. .SH OPTIONS --cd some/directory: ask tesh to switch the working directory before launching the tests @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Here is the syntax of these files: The kind of each line is given by the first char (the second char should be blank and is ignored): - + `$' command to run in foreground `&' command to run in background `<' input to pass to the command @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ implemented yet in tesh. This is a bit restrictive, but well, patch welcome... The situation in which it is mainly problematic is to create a -temporary file. The solution is to use the "mkfile" buildin command, +temporary file. The solution is to use the "mkfile" built-in command, as in the following example: $ mkfile myFile > some content @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ cannot timeout. .SH OUTPUT By default, the commands output is matched against the one expected, and an error is raised on discrepancy. Metacommands to change this: - "output ignore" -> output completely discarded + "output ignore" -> output completely discarded "output display" -> output displayed (but not verified) "output sort" -> sorts the display before verifying it (see below) .SH SORTING OUTPUT @@ -102,20 +102,20 @@ Sorting the output seems to be a strange idea, but it is mandatory in SimGrid since the processes run out of order at any scheduling point (ie, every processes ready to run at simulated time t run in parallel). To ensure that the simulator outputs still match, we have -to sort the output back before comparing it. +to sort the output back before comparing it. -We expect the simulators to run with that log formating argument: +We expect the simulators to run with that log formatting argument: -log=root.fmt:[%10.6r]%e(%i:%P@%h)%e%m%n Then, tesh sorts string on the 19 first chars only, and is stable when line beginnings are equal. This should ensure that: (1) tesh is effective (no false positive, no false negative) - (2) scheduling points are separated from each other - (3) at each scheduling point, processes are separated from each other + (2) scheduling points are separated from each other + (3) at each scheduling point, processes are separated from each other (4) the order of what a given process says at a given scheduling point is preserved. - + This is of course very SimGrid oriented, breaking the generality of -tesh, but who cares, actually? +tesh, but who cares, actually? If you want to change the length of the prefix used for the sort, simply specify it after the output sort directive, like this: