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</desc>
</func>
+ <func>
+ <name>remaining_test_procs() -&gt; {TestProcs,SharedGL,OtherGLs}</name>
+ <fsummary>>This function will return the identity of test- and group
+ leader processes that are still running at the time of this call.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>TestProcs = [{pid(),GL}]</v>
+ <v>GL = pid()</v>
+ <v>SharedGL = pid()</v>
+ <v>OtherGLs = [pid()]</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="remaining_test_procs-0"/>
+ <p>This function will return the identity of test- and group
+ leader processes that are still running at the time of this call.
+ <c>TestProcs</c> are processes in the system that have a Common Test IO
+ process as group leader. <c>SharedGL</c> is the central Common Test
+ IO process, responsible for printing to log files for configuration
+ functions and sequentially executing test cases. <c>OtherGLs</c> are
+ Common Test IO processes that print to log files for test cases
+ in parallel test case groups.</p>
+ <p>The process information returned by this function may be
+ used to locate and terminate remaining processes after tests have
+ finished executing. The function would typically by called from
+ Common Test Hook functions.</p>
+ <p>Note that processes that execute configuration functions or
+ test cases are never included in <c>TestProcs</c>. It is therefore safe
+ to use post configuration hook functions (such as post_end_per_suite,
+ post_end_per_group, post_end_per_testcase) to terminate all processes
+ in <c>TestProcs</c> that have the current group leader process as its group
+ leader.</p>
+ <p>Note also that the shared group leader (<c>SharedGL</c>) must never be
+ terminated by the user, only by Common Test. Group leader processes
+ for parallel test case groups (<c>OtherGLs</c>) may however be terminated
+ in post_end_per_group hook functions.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
<func>
<name>remove_config(Callback, Config) -&gt; ok</name>
<fsummary>Removes configuration variables (together with