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authorPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2011-12-11 22:27:34 +0100
committerPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2011-12-12 05:08:40 +0100
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Document the tc_logfile data
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-rw-r--r--lib/common_test/doc/src/event_handler_chapter.xml10
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2 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/event_handler_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/event_handler_chapter.xml
index b41b233ce6..a5886b9687 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/event_handler_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/event_handler_chapter.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@
are also given.
</p></item>
+ <item><c>#event{name = tc_logfile, data = {{Suite,Func},LogFileName}}</c>
+ <p><c>Suite = atom()</c>, name of the test suite.</p>
+ <p><c>Func = atom()</c>, name of test case or configuration function.</p>
+ <p><c>LogFileName = string()</c>, full name of test case log file.</p>
+ <p>This event is sent at the start of each test case (and configuration function
+ except <c>init/end_per_testcase</c>) and carries information about the
+ full name (i.e. the file name including the absolute directory path) of
+ the current test case log file.
+ </p></item>
+
<marker id="tc_done"/>
<item><c>#event{name = tc_done, data = {Suite,FuncOrGroup,Result}}</c>
<p><c>Suite = atom()</c>, name of the suite.</p>
diff --git a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
index a699cf425e..848f278fa6 100644
--- a/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/common_test/doc/src/run_test_chapter.xml
@@ -655,14 +655,25 @@
to each individual test case log file for quick viewing with an HTML
browser.</p>
- <p>The minor log file contain full details of every single test
- case, each one in a separate file. This way the files should
- be easy to compare with previous test runs, even if the set of
- test cases change. If SASL is running, those logs will also be
- printed there by the
+ <p>The minor log files contain full details of every single test
+ case, each one in a separate file. This way, it should be
+ straightforward to compare the latest results to that of previous
+ test runs, even if the set of test cases changes. If SASL is running,
+ its logs will also be printed to the current minor log file by the
<seealso marker="common_test:ct_hooks_chapter#builtin_cths">
cth_log_redirect built-in hook</seealso>.
- </p>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>The full name of the minor log file (i.e. the name of the file
+ including the absolute directory path) can be read during execution
+ of the test case. It comes as value in the tuple
+ <c>{tc_logfile,LogFileName}</c> in the <c>Config</c> list (which means it
+ can also be read by a pre- or post Common Test hook function). Also,
+ at the start of a test case, this data is sent with an event
+ to any installed event handler. Please see the
+ <seealso marker="event_handler_chapter#event_handling">Event Handling</seealso>
+ chapter for details.
+ </p>
<p>Which information goes where is user configurable via the
test server controller. Three threshold values determine what