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author | Alex Turbov <i.zaufi@gmail.com> | 2022-08-09 20:17:38 (GMT) |
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committer | Alex Turbov <i.zaufi@gmail.com> | 2022-08-14 05:58:41 (GMT) |
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Help: Split `ctest` options into groups like `cmake` man page has
Co-Authored-By: Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>
-rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/OPTIONS_HELP.txt | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Help/manual/ctest.1.rst | 183 |
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diff --git a/Help/manual/OPTIONS_HELP.txt b/Help/manual/OPTIONS_HELP.txt index 0e51a7f..78ee245 100644 --- a/Help/manual/OPTIONS_HELP.txt +++ b/Help/manual/OPTIONS_HELP.txt @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -.. |file| replace:: The help is printed to a named ``<file>`` if given. +.. |file| replace:: The output is printed to a named ``<file>`` if given. + +.. option:: -version [<file>], --version [<file>], /V [<file>] + + Show program name/version banner and exit. + |file| .. option:: -h, -H, --help, -help, -usage, /? @@ -6,13 +11,6 @@ Usage describes the basic command line interface and its options. -.. option:: -version [<file>], --version [<file>], /V [<file>] - - Show program name/version banner and exit. - - If a file is specified, the version is written into it. - |file| - .. option:: --help-full [<file>] Print all help manuals and exit. diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst index 02bdcaf..5f6927f 100644 --- a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst @@ -10,12 +10,24 @@ Synopsis .. parsed-literal:: - ctest [<options>] - ctest --build-and-test <path-to-source> <path-to-build> - --build-generator <generator> [<options>...] - [--build-options <opts>...] [--test-command <command> [<args>...]] - ctest {-D <dashboard> | -M <model> -T <action> | -S <script> | -SP <script>} - [-- <dashboard-options>...] + `Run Tests`_ + ctest [<options>] + + `Build and Test Mode`_ + ctest --build-and-test <path-to-source> <path-to-build> + --build-generator <generator> [<options>...] + [--build-options <opts>...] + [--test-command <command> [<args>...]] + + `Dashboard Client`_ + ctest -D <dashboard> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -M <model> -T <action> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -S <script> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -SP <script> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + + `View Help`_ + ctest --help[-<topic>] + Description =========== @@ -25,14 +37,13 @@ CMake-generated build trees created for projects that use the :command:`enable_testing` and :command:`add_test` commands have testing support. This program will run the tests and report results. -.. _`CTest Options`: +.. _`Run Tests`: -Options -======= +Run Tests +========= .. program:: ctest - .. option:: --preset <preset>, --preset=<preset> Use a test preset to specify test options. The project binary directory @@ -239,73 +250,6 @@ Options Same as :option:`-FA <ctest -FA>` except only matching cleanup tests are excluded. -.. option:: -D <dashboard>, --dashboard <dashboard> - - Execute dashboard test. - - This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client and perform a - dashboard test. All tests are ``<Mode><Test>``, where ``<Mode>`` can be - ``Experimental``, ``Nightly``, and ``Continuous``, and ``<Test>`` can be - ``Start``, ``Update``, ``Configure``, ``Build``, ``Test``, - ``Coverage``, and ``Submit``. - - See `Dashboard Client`_. - -.. option:: -D <var>:<type>=<value> - - Define a variable for script mode. - - Pass in variable values on the command line. Use in conjunction - with :option:`-S <ctest -S>` to pass variable values to a dashboard script. - Parsing ``-D`` arguments as variable values is only attempted if the value - following ``-D`` does not match any of the known dashboard types. - -.. option:: -M <model>, --test-model <model> - - Sets the model for a dashboard. - - This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client where the ``<model>`` - can be ``Experimental``, ``Nightly``, and ``Continuous``. - Combining ``-M`` and :option:`-T <ctest -T>` is similar to - :option:`-D <ctest -D>`. - - See `Dashboard Client`_. - -.. option:: -T <action>, --test-action <action> - - Sets the dashboard action to perform. - - This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client and perform some - action such as ``start``, ``build``, ``test`` etc. See - `Dashboard Client Steps`_ for the full list of actions. - Combining :option:`-M <ctest -M>` and ``-T`` is similar to - :option:`-D <ctest -D>`. - - See `Dashboard Client`_. - -.. option:: -S <script>, --script <script> - - Execute a dashboard for a configuration. - - This option tells CTest to load in a configuration script which sets - a number of parameters such as the binary and source directories. - Then CTest will do what is required to create and run a dashboard. - This option basically sets up a dashboard and then runs :option:`ctest -D` - with the appropriate options. - - See `Dashboard Client`_. - -.. option:: -SP <script>, --script-new-process <script> - - Execute a dashboard for a configuration. - - This option does the same operations as :option:`-S <ctest -S>` but it - will do them in a separate process. This is primarily useful in cases - where the script may modify the environment and you do not want the modified - environment to impact other :option:`-S <ctest -S>` scripts. - - See `Dashboard Client`_. - .. option:: -I [Start,End,Stride,test#,test#|Test file], --tests-information Run a specific number of tests by number. @@ -402,10 +346,6 @@ Options See `Label and Subproject Summary`_. -.. option:: --build-and-test - - See `Build and Test Mode`_. - .. option:: --test-dir <dir> Specify the directory in which to look for tests. @@ -488,6 +428,12 @@ Options unifies the behavior of CTest by either returning an error code if no tests were found or by ignoring it. +View Help +========= + +To print version details or selected pages from the CMake documentation, +use one of the following options: + .. include:: OPTIONS_HELP.txt .. _`Label Matching`: @@ -597,6 +543,10 @@ be provided to use ``--build-and-test``. If ``--test-command`` is specified then that will be run after the build is complete. Other options that affect this mode include: +.. option:: --build-and-test + + Switch into the build and test mode. + .. option:: --build-target Specify a specific target to build. @@ -681,11 +631,78 @@ application. As a dashboard client, CTest performs a sequence of steps to configure, build, and test software, and then submits the results to a `CDash`_ server. The command-line signature used to submit to `CDash`_ is:: - ctest (-D <dashboard> | -M <model> -T <action> | -S <script> | -SP <script>) - [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -D <dashboard> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -M <model> -T <action> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -S <script> [-- <dashboard-options>...] + ctest -SP <script> [-- <dashboard-options>...] Options for Dashboard Client include: +.. option:: -D <dashboard>, --dashboard <dashboard> + + Execute dashboard test. + + This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client and perform a + dashboard test. All tests are ``<Mode><Test>``, where ``<Mode>`` can be + ``Experimental``, ``Nightly``, and ``Continuous``, and ``<Test>`` can be + ``Start``, ``Update``, ``Configure``, ``Build``, ``Test``, + ``Coverage``, and ``Submit``. + + If ``<dashboard>`` is not one of the recognized ``<Mode><Test>`` values, + this will be treated as a variable definition instead (see the + :ref:`dashboard-options <Dashboard Options>` further below). + +.. option:: -M <model>, --test-model <model> + + Sets the model for a dashboard. + + This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client where the ``<model>`` + can be ``Experimental``, ``Nightly``, and ``Continuous``. + Combining ``-M`` and :option:`-T <ctest -T>` is similar to + :option:`-D <ctest -D>`. + +.. option:: -T <action>, --test-action <action> + + Sets the dashboard action to perform. + + This option tells CTest to act as a CDash client and perform some + action such as ``start``, ``build``, ``test`` etc. See + `Dashboard Client Steps`_ for the full list of actions. + Combining :option:`-M <ctest -M>` and ``-T`` is similar to + :option:`-D <ctest -D>`. + +.. option:: -S <script>, --script <script> + + Execute a dashboard for a configuration. + + This option tells CTest to load in a configuration script which sets + a number of parameters such as the binary and source directories. + Then CTest will do what is required to create and run a dashboard. + This option basically sets up a dashboard and then runs :option:`ctest -D` + with the appropriate options. + +.. option:: -SP <script>, --script-new-process <script> + + Execute a dashboard for a configuration. + + This option does the same operations as :option:`-S <ctest -S>` but it + will do them in a separate process. This is primarily useful in cases + where the script may modify the environment and you do not want the modified + environment to impact other :option:`-S <ctest -S>` scripts. + +.. _`Dashboard Options`: + +The available ``<dashboard-options>`` are the following: + +.. option:: -D <var>:<type>=<value> + + Define a variable for script mode. + + Pass in variable values on the command line. Use in conjunction + with :option:`-S <ctest -S>` to pass variable values to a dashboard script. + Parsing ``-D`` arguments as variable values is only attempted if the value + following ``-D`` does not match any of the known dashboard types. + .. option:: --group <group> Specify what group you'd like to submit results to |