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LCOV 2.5

Generate a test case description file (internal application)

gendesc [ -h | –help ] [ -v | –version ]
[ -o | –output-filename filename ] inputfile

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 (‘_’).

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

By default, output is written to STDOUT.

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

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2026-07-07 2.5