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    <title>The ct_run program</title>
    <prepared>Peter Andersson</prepared>
    <responsible>Peter Andersson</responsible>
    <docno></docno>
    <approved></approved>
    <checked></checked>
    <date>2010-04-01</date>
    <rev>PA2</rev>
    <file>ct_run.xml</file>
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  <com>ct_run</com>
  <comsummary>Program used for starting Common Test from the
    OS command line.</comsummary>

  <description>
  <p>The <c>ct_run</c> program is automatically installed with Erlang/OTP
    and the <c>Common Test</c> application (for more information, see
    section <seealso marker="install_chapter">Installation</seealso>
    in the User's Guide). The program accepts different start flags.
    Some flags trigger <c>ct_run</c> to start <c>Common Test</c> and
    pass on data to it. Some flags start an Erlang node prepared for
    running <c>Common Test</c> in a particular mode.</p>

  <p>The interface function
    <seealso marker="ct#run_test-1"><c>ct:run_test/1</c></seealso>,
    corresponding to the <c>ct_run</c> program, is used for starting
    <c>Common Test</c> from the Erlang shell (or an Erlang program).
    For details, see the <seealso marker="ct"><c>ct</c></seealso>
    manual page.</p>

  <p><c>ct_run</c> also accepts Erlang emulator flags. These are used
    when <c>ct_run</c> calls <c>erl</c> to start the Erlang node (this
    makes it possible to add directories to the code server path,
    change the cookie on the node, start more applications, and so on).</p>

  <p>With the optional flag <c>-erl_args</c>, options on the <c>ct_run</c>
    command line can be divided into two groups:</p>

  <list type="bulleted">
    <item>One group that <c>Common Test</c> is to process (those
      preceding <c>-erl_args</c>).</item>
    <item>One group that <c>Common Test</c> is to ignore and pass on
      directly to the emulator (those following <c>-erl_args</c>).</item>
  </list>

  <p>Options preceding <c>-erl_args</c> that <c>Common Test</c>
    does not recognize are also passed on to the emulator untouched.
    By <c>-erl_args</c> the user can specify flags with the same name, but
    with different destinations, on the <c>ct_run</c> command line.</p>

  <p>If flags <c>-pa</c> or <c>-pz</c> are specified in the
    <c>Common Test</c> group of options (preceding <c>-erl_args</c>),
    relative directories are converted to absolute and reinserted into
    the code path by <c>Common Test</c>. This is to avoid problems
    loading user modules when <c>Common Test</c> changes working directory
    during test runs. However, <c>Common Test</c> ignores flags <c>-pa</c>
    and <c>-pz</c> following <c>-erl_args</c> on the command line. These
    directories are added to the code path normally (that is, on specified
    form).</p>

  <p>Exit status is set before the program ends. Value <c>0</c> indicates
    a successful test result, <c>1</c> indicates one or more failed or
    auto-skipped test cases, and <c>2</c> indicates test execution failure.</p>

  <p>If <c>ct_run</c> is called with option <c>-help</c>, it prints all
    valid start flags to <c>stdout</c>.</p>
  </description>

  <section>
  <marker id="ct_run"></marker>
    <title>Run Tests from Command Line</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -dir TestDir1 TestDir2 .. TestDirN |
  [-dir TestDir] -suite Suite1 Suite2 .. SuiteN
  [-group Groups1 Groups2 .. GroupsN] [-case Case1 Case2 .. CaseN]
  [-step [config | keep_inactive]]
  [-config ConfigFile1 ConfigFile2 .. ConfigFileN]
  [-userconfig CallbackModule1 ConfigString1 and CallbackModule2
   ConfigString2 and .. CallbackModuleN ConfigStringN]
  [-decrypt_key Key] | [-decrypt_file KeyFile]
  [-label Label]
  [-logdir LogDir]
  [-logopts LogOpts]
  [-verbosity GenVLevel | [Category1 VLevel1 and
   Category2 VLevel2 and .. CategoryN VLevelN]]
  [-silent_connections [ConnType1 ConnType2 .. ConnTypeN]]
  [-stylesheet CSSFile]
  [-cover CoverCfgFile]
  [-cover_stop Bool]
  [-event_handler EvHandler1 EvHandler2 .. EvHandlerN] |
  [-event_handler_init EvHandler1 InitArg1 and
   EvHandler2 InitArg2 and .. EvHandlerN InitArgN]
  [-include InclDir1 InclDir2 .. InclDirN]
  [-no_auto_compile]
  [-abort_if_missing_suites]
  [-muliply_timetraps Multiplier]
  [-scale_timetraps]
  [-create_priv_dir auto_per_run | auto_per_tc | manual_per_tc]
  [-repeat N] |
  [-duration HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]] |
  [-until [YYMoMoDD]HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]]
  [-basic_html]
  [-no_esc_chars]
  [-ct_hooks CTHModule1 CTHOpts1 and CTHModule2 CTHOpts2 and ..
   CTHModuleN CTHOptsN]
  [-exit_status ignore_config]
  [-help]</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Run Tests using Test Specification</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -spec TestSpec1 TestSpec2 .. TestSpecN
  [-join_specs]
  [-config ConfigFile1 ConfigFile2 .. ConfigFileN]
  [-userconfig CallbackModule1 ConfigString1 and CallbackModule2
   ConfigString2 and .. and CallbackModuleN ConfigStringN]
  [-decrypt_key Key] | [-decrypt_file KeyFile]
  [-label Label]
  [-logdir LogDir]
  [-logopts LogOpts]
  [-verbosity GenVLevel | [Category1 VLevel1 and
   Category2 VLevel2 and .. CategoryN VLevelN]]
  [-allow_user_terms]
  [-silent_connections [ConnType1 ConnType2 .. ConnTypeN]]
  [-stylesheet CSSFile]
  [-cover CoverCfgFile]
  [-cover_stop Bool]
  [-event_handler EvHandler1 EvHandler2 .. EvHandlerN] |
  [-event_handler_init EvHandler1 InitArg1 and
   EvHandler2 InitArg2 and .. EvHandlerN InitArgN]
  [-include InclDir1 InclDir2 .. InclDirN]
  [-no_auto_compile]
  [-abort_if_missing_suites]
  [-muliply_timetraps Multiplier]
  [-scale_timetraps]
  [-create_priv_dir auto_per_run | auto_per_tc | manual_per_tc]
  [-repeat N] |
  [-duration HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]] |
  [-until [YYMoMoDD]HHMMSS [-force_stop [skip_rest]]]
  [-basic_html]
  [-no_esc_chars]
  [-ct_hooks CTHModule1 CTHOpts1 and CTHModule2 CTHOpts2 and ..
   CTHModuleN CTHOptsN]
  [-exit_status ignore_config]</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Run Tests in Web-Based GUI</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -vts [-browser Browser]
  [-dir TestDir1 TestDir2 .. TestDirN] |
  [[dir TestDir] -suite Suite [[-group Group] [-case Case]]]
  [-config ConfigFile1 ConfigFile2 .. ConfigFileN]
  [-userconfig CallbackModule1 ConfigString1 and CallbackModule2
    ConfigString2 and .. and CallbackModuleN ConfigStringN]
  [-logopts LogOpts]
  [-verbosity GenVLevel | [Category1 VLevel1 and
   Category2 VLevel2 and .. CategoryN VLevelN]]
  [-decrypt_key Key] | [-decrypt_file KeyFile]
  [-include InclDir1 InclDir2 .. InclDirN]
  [-no_auto_compile]
  [-abort_if_missing_suites]
  [-muliply_timetraps Multiplier]
  [-scale_timetraps]
  [-create_priv_dir auto_per_run | auto_per_tc | manual_per_tc]
  [-basic_html]
  [-no_esc_chars]</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Refresh HTML Index Files</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -refresh_logs [-logdir LogDir] [-basic_html]</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Run Common Test in Interactive Mode</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -shell
  [-config ConfigFile1 ConfigFile2 ... ConfigFileN]
  [-userconfig CallbackModule1 ConfigString1 and CallbackModule2
   ConfigString2 and .. and CallbackModuleN ConfigStringN]
  [-decrypt_key Key] | [-decrypt_file KeyFile]</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Start a Common Test Master Node</title>
    <pre>
 ct_run -ctmaster</pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <p>For information about the start flags, see section
      <seealso marker="run_test_chapter">Running Tests and Analyzing
      Results</seealso> in the User's Guide.</p>
  </section>

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