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Re: [PATCH] [docs] Explain how to use multiple file-name patterns in RUNTESTFLAGS
- From: Martin Sebor <msebor at gmail dot com>
- To: Daniel Santos <daniel dot santos at pobox dot com>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>, Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:58:35 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] [docs] Explain how to use multiple file-name patterns in RUNTESTFLAGS
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On 08/21/2017 07:41 PM, Daniel Santos wrote:
It took me a while to figure out how to do this so I figured that it should be
in the docs. OK for trunk?
* doc/install.texi: Add more details on selecting multiple tests.
Thank you! It had taken me some time to figure this out.
+The file-matching expression following @var{filename}@command{.exp=} is treated
+as a series of whitespace-delimited glob expressions so that multiple patterns
+may be passed, although any whitespace must either be escaped or surrounded by
+tick marks if multiple expressions are desired. For example,
Do you mean single quotes? I would suggest "escaped or quoted."
The whole argument to RUNTESTFLAGS can be quoted in either single
or double quotes and, AFAICT, so can the space-separated test
names within it.
Martin