gendesc(1)                       User Manuals                       gendesc(1)




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 <Peter.Oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>


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

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

2024-04-22                         LCOV 2.1                         gendesc(1)