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gendesc - Generate a test case description file

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  AUTHOR  SEE ALSO 

NAME

gendesc − 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 <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

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

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


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se