<refentry id="gtester">

<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gtester</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>gtester</refname>
<refpurpose>test running utility</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>gtester</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">option</arg>
<arg>testprogram</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>gtester</command> is a utility to run unit tests that have
been written using the GLib test framework.
</para>
<para>
When called with the <option>-o</option> option, <command>gtester</command>
writes an XML report of the test results, which can be converted
into HTML using the <command>gtester-report</command> utility.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>
print help and exit
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option></term>
<listitem><para>
print version information and exit
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--g-fatal-warnings</option></term>
<listitem><para>
make warnings fatal
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-k</option>, <option>--keep-going</option></term>
<listitem><para>
continue running after tests failed
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-l</option></term>
<listitem><para>
list paths of available test cases
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-m=<replaceable>MODE</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
run test cases in <replaceable>MODE</replaceable>, which can be perf, slow, thorough or quick. The default mode is quick.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p=<replaceable>TESTPATH</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
only run test cases matching <replaceable>TESTPATH</replaceable>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--seed=<replaceable>SEEDSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
run all test cases with random number seed <replaceable>SEEDSTRING</replaceable>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o=<replaceable>LOGFILE</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
write the test log to <replaceable>LOGFILE</replaceable>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>-q</option>, <option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>
suppress per test binary output
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
<listitem><para>
report success per testcase
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>See also</title>
<para>
<command>gtester-report</command>(1)
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>