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GENDESC(1) LCOV GENDESC(1)

NAME

gendesc - gendesc documentation


NAME

Generate a test case description file (internal application)

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

Print a short help text, then exit.
Print version number, then exit.
Write description data to filename.

By default, output is written to STDOUT.


AUTHOR

Peter Oberparleiter <<Peter.Oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>>

SEE ALSO

lcov(1) <file://../man/lcov.1.html>, genhtml(1) <file://../man/genhtml.1.html>, geninfo(1) <file://../man/geninfo.1.html>, genpng(1) <file://../man/genpng.1.html>, gcov(1) <file://../man/gcov.1.html>

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

Copyright

2024-2026, LCOV Project

2026-07-26 2.5.0