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Generate a test case description file

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

Referenced By

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

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