ctest - Testing driver provided by CMake.

ctest [options]

The "ctest" executable is the CMake test driver program. CMake-generated build trees created for projects that use the ENABLE_TESTING and ADD_TEST commands have testing support. This program will run the tests and report results.

-C <cfg>, --build-config <cfg>

Choose configuration to test.

Some CMake-generated build trees can have multiple build configurations in the same tree. This option can be used to specify which one should be tested. Example configurations are "Debug" and "Release".

-V,--verbose

Enable verbose output from tests.

Test output is normally suppressed and only summary information is displayed. This option will show all test output.

-VV,--extra-verbose

Enable more verbose output from tests.

Test output is normally suppressed and only summary information is displayed. This option will show even more test output.

--debug

Displaying more verbose internals of CTest.

This feature will result in large number of output that is mostly useful for debugging dashboard problems.

-Q,--quiet

Make ctest quiet.

This option will suppress all the output. The output log file will still be generated if the --output-log is specified. Options such as --verbose, --extra-verbose, and --debug are ignored if --quiet is specified.

-O <file>, --output-log <file>

Output to log file

This option tells ctest to write all its output to a log file.

-N,--show-only

Disable actual execution of tests.

This option tells ctest to list the tests that would be run but not actually run them. Useful in conjunction with the -R and -E options.

-R <regex>, --tests-regex <regex>

Run tests matching regular expression.

This option tells ctest to run only the tests whose names match the given regular expression.

-E <regex>, --exclude-regex <regex>

Exclude tests matching regular expression.

This option tells ctest to NOT run the tests whose names match the given regular expression.

-D <dashboard>, --dashboard <dashboard>

Execute dashboard test

This option tells ctest to perform act as a Dart client and perform a dashboard test. All tests are <Mode><Test>, where Mode can be Experimental, Nightly, and Continuous, and Test can be Start, Update, Configure, Build, Test, Coverage, and Submit.

-M <model>, --test-model <model>

Sets the model for a dashboard

This option tells ctest to act as a Dart client where the TestModel can be Experimental, Nightly, and Continuous. Combining -M and -T is similar to -D

-T <action>, --test-action <action>

Sets the dashboard action to perform

This option tells ctest to act as a Dart client and perform some action such as start, build, test etc. Combining -M and -T is similar to -D

-S <script>, --script <script>

Execute a dashboard for a configuration

This option tells ctest to load in a configuration script which sets a number of parameters such as the binary and source directories. Then ctest will do what is required to create and run a dashboard. This option basically sets up a dashboard and then runs ctest -D with the appropriate options.

-A <file>, --add-notes <file>

Add a notes file with submission

This option tells ctest to include a notes file when submitting dashboard.

-I [Start,End,Stride,test#,test#|Test file], --tests-information

Run a specific number of tests by number.

This option causes ctest to run tests starting at number Start, ending at number End, and incrementing by Stride. Any additional numbers after Stride are considered individual test numbers. Start, End,or stride can be empty. Optionally a file can be given that contains the same syntax as the command line.

-U, --union

Take the Union of -I and -R

When both -R and -I are specified by default the intersection of tests are run. By specifying -U the union of tests is run instead.

--interactive-debug-mode [0|1]

Set the interactive mode to 0 or 1.

This option causes ctest to run tests in either an interactive mode or a non-interactive mode. On Windows this means that in non-interactive mode, all system debug pop up windows are blocked. In dashboard mode (Experimental, Nightly, Continuous), the default is non-interactive. When just running tests not for a dashboard the default is to allow popups and interactive debugging.

--build-and-test

Configure, build and run a test.

This option tells ctest to configure (i.e. run cmake on), build, and or execute a test. The configure and test steps are optional. The arguments to this command line are the source and binary directories. By default this will run CMake on the Source/Bin directories specified unless --build-nocmake is specified. Both --build-makeprogram and --build-generator MUST be provided to use --built-and-test. If --test-command is specified then that will be run after the build is complete. Other options that affect this mode are --build-target --build-nocmake, --build-run-dir, --build-two-config, --build-exe-dir, --build-project,--build-noclean, --build-options

--build-target

Specify a specific target to build.

This option goes with the --build-and-test option, if left out the all target is built.

--build-nocmake

Run the build without running cmake first.

Skip the cmake step.

--build-run-dir

Specify directory to run programs from.

Directory where programs will be after it has been compiled.

--build-two-config

Run CMake twice

--build-exe-dir

Specify the directory for the executable.

--build-generator

Specify the generator to use.

--build-project

Specify the name of the project to build.

--build-makeprogram

Specify the make program to use.

--build-noclean

Skip the make clean step.

--build-options

Add extra options to the build step.

This option must be the last option with the exception of --test-command

--test-command

The test to run with the --build-and-test option.

--tomorrow-tag

Nightly or experimental starts with next day tag.

This is useful if the build will not finish in one day.

--ctest-config

The configuration file used to initialize CTest state when submitting dashboards.

This option tells CTest to use different initialization file instead of DartConfiguration.tcl. This way multiple initialization files can be used for example to submit to multiple dashboards.

--overwrite

Overwrite CTest configuration option.

By default ctest uses configuration options from configuration file. This option will overwrite the configuration option.

--extra-submit <file>[;<file>]

Submit extra files to the dashboard.

This option will submit extra files to the dashboard.

--force-new-ctest-process

Run child CTest instances as new processes

By default CTest will run child CTest instances within the same process. If this behavior is not desired, this argument will enforce new processes for child CTest processes.

--submit-index

Submit individual dashboard tests with specific index

This option allows performing the same CTest action (such as test) multiple times and submit all stages to the same dashboard (Dart2 required). Each execution requires different index.

--copyright [file]

Print the CMake copyright and exit.

If a file is specified, the copyright is written into it.

--help

Print usage information and exit.

Usage describes the basic command line interface and its options.

--help-full [file]

Print full help and exit.

Full help displays most of the documentation provided by the UNIX man page. It is provided for use on non-UNIX platforms, but is also convenient if the man page is not installed. If a file is specified, the help is written into it.

--help-html [file]

Print full help in HTML format.

This option is used by CMake authors to help produce web pages. If a file is specified, the help is written into it.

--help-man [file]

Print a UNIX man page and exit.

This option is used by the cmake build to generate the UNIX man page. If a file is specified, the help is written into it.

--version [file]

Show program name/version banner and exit.

If a file is specified, the version is written into it.

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