Revision: 4595
Author: janne.t.harkonen
Date: Thu Feb 3 03:25:14 2011
Log: userguide: mention that --starttime and --endtime can also be used
with single output files
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?r=4595
Modified:
/trunk/doc/userguide/src/Appendices/CommandLineOptions.txt
/trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/OutputFiles.txt
=======================================
--- /trunk/doc/userguide/src/Appendices/CommandLineOptions.txt Tue Dec 7
05:15:38 2010
+++ /trunk/doc/userguide/src/Appendices/CommandLineOptions.txt Thu Feb 3
03:25:14 2011
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
table in outputs.
--removekeywords <all|passed> `Removes keyword data`_ from the
generated outputs.
--starttime <timestamp> Sets the `starting time`_ of test execution
when creating
- combined reports.
- --endtime <timestamp> Sets the `ending time`_ of test execution when
creating combined reports.
+ reports.
+ --endtime <timestamp> Sets the `ending time`_ of test execution when
creating reports.
-E, --escape <what:with> `Escapes characters`_ that are problematic in
the console.
-A, --argumentfile <path> A text file to `read more arguments`_ from.
-h, --help Prints `usage instructions`_.
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@
.. _version information: `usage instructions`_
.. _Removes keyword data: `Removing keywords from outputs`_
-.. _starting time: `Setting times for combined outputs`_
+.. _starting time: `Setting times for outputs`_
.. _ending time: `starting time`_
=======================================
--- /trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/OutputFiles.txt Tue Dec 7
05:15:38 2010
+++ /trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/OutputFiles.txt Thu Feb 3
03:25:14 2011
@@ -577,16 +577,20 @@
These options are available only when `post-processing outputs`_ with
:prog:`rebot`.
-Setting times for combined outputs
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-When `combining outputs`_, it is possible to set the start and end
-time of the combined test suite using the options
-:opt:`--starttime` and :opt:`--endtime`, respectively. This is
-convenient, because by default, combined suites do not have these
-values. When both the start and end time are given, the elapsed time
-is also calculated based on them. Otherwise the elapsed time is got by
-adding the elapsed times of the child test suites together.
+Setting times for outputs
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+When `combining outputs`_, it is possible to set the start and end time of
the
+combined test suite using the options :opt:`--starttime`
and :opt:`--endtime`,
+respectively. This is convenient, because by default, combined suites do
not
+have these values. When both the start and end time are given, the elapsed
time
+is also calculated based on them. Otherwise the elapsed time is got by
adding
+the elapsed times of the child test suites together.
+
+Starting from Robot Framework 2.5.6, it is also possible to use the above
+mentioned options to set start and end times for a single suite when using
+:prog:`rebot`. Using these options with a single output always affects the
+elapsed time of the suite.
Times must be given as timestamps in the format :code:`YYYY-MM-DD
hh:mm:ss.mil`, where all separators are optional and the parts from
@@ -598,6 +602,7 @@
rebot --starttime 20080611-17:59:20.495 output1.xml output2.xml
rebot --starttime 20080611-175920 --endtime 20080611-180242 *.xml
+ rebot --starttime 20110302-1317 --endtime 20110302-11418 myoutput.xml
Removing keywords from outputs
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