Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Arthur Schwarz
15.3.3.1 Command-line arguments for test driversĀ  --test-name=NAME The name of the test, with VPATH prefix (if any) removed. This can have a suffix and a directory component (as in e.g., sub/foo.test), and is mostly meant to be used in console reports about testsuite advancements and

Re: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Gavin Smith
On 26 April 2015 at 16:30, Arthur Schwarz aschwarz1...@att.net wrote: 15.3.3.1 Command-line arguments for test drivers --test-name=NAME The name of the test, with VPATH prefix (if any) removed. This can have a suffix and a directory component (as in e.g., sub/foo.test), and is

RE: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Arthur Schwarz
(thanks by the way) On 26 April 2015 at 18:39, Arthur Schwarz aschwarz1...@att.net wrote: Now for the case you mentioned in identifying a program, which is really a test case renamed in the manual for mystifying and unknowable reasons. Well, there is no mechanism for The first

RE: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Arthur Schwarz
-Original Message- From: Gavin Smith [mailto:gavinsmith0...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 1:42 PM To: Arthur Schwarz Cc: Automake Mailing List Subject: Re: Question on --test-name=NAME As a point, 15.3.3.1 Command-line arguments for test drivers shows all options

RE: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Arthur Schwarz
-Original Message- From: Gavin Smith [mailto:gavinsmith0...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 9:03 AM To: Arthur Schwarz Cc: Automake Mailing List Subject: Re: Question on --test-name=NAME On 26 April 2015 at 16:30, Arthur Schwarz aschwarz1...@att.net wrote

Re: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Gavin Smith
As a point, 15.3.3.1 Command-line arguments for test drivers shows all options as having the syntax --option=value. Your example does not have this syntax. Will your example work? Should this be in the manual, as in --option[=| ]value? I am sure that both should be supported although I

Re: Question on --test-name=NAME

2015-04-26 Thread Gavin Smith
On 26 April 2015 at 18:39, Arthur Schwarz aschwarz1...@att.net wrote: Now for the case you mentioned in identifying a program, which is really a test case renamed in the manual for mystifying and unknowable reasons. Well, there is no mechanism for The first non-option argument passed to the