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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2016-10-18 08:43:03 -0400 |
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| committer | CMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2016-10-18 08:43:03 -0400 |
| commit | a5f0e629887055085eec40da4ad4d147c6887a33 (patch) | |
| tree | 44a5c3ab5f12632f738c7c324a4d7cdf0fd5b3a8 /Help | |
| parent | 99177a2029fd30d37d49ad2026fb5438f1d07c8f (diff) | |
| parent | 909842fff98983bff8b61c37b11a99d89dcc4d36 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-a5f0e629887055085eec40da4ad4d147c6887a33.tar.gz | |
Merge topic 'timeout_after_match_testtime'
909842ff CTest: report time spent after matching output
Diffstat (limited to 'Help')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_test/TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_test/TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH.rst b/Help/prop_test/TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH.rst index a191a9cc88..d607992e16 100644 --- a/Help/prop_test/TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH.rst +++ b/Help/prop_test/TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH.rst @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ When the test outputs a line that matches ``regex`` its start time is reset to the current time and its timeout duration is changed to ``seconds``. Prior to this, the timeout duration is determined by the :prop_test:`TIMEOUT` property or the :variable:`CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT` -variable if either of these are set. +variable if either of these are set. Because the test's start time is +reset, its execution time will not include any time that was spent +waiting for the matching output. :prop_test:`TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH` is useful for avoiding spurious timeouts when your test must wait for some system resource to become |