X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/c1cc0506c3069a9d93d71321f9578150662ede91..6c9ed72eaa948d340dba0ea0a878f9570852ab35:/test/README diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 80c35117b..653cf951f 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -897,13 +897,15 @@ input, details of which are given below. A number of options are implemented: -d causes the server to output debugging information - -t sets a timeout in seconds (default 5) for when the server is + -t sets a timeout (default 5) for when the server is awaiting an incoming connection -noipv4 causes the server not to set up an IPv4 socket -noipv6 causes the server not to set up an IPv6 socket + -i sets an initial pause, to delay before creating the listen sockets + By default, in an IPv6 environment, both kinds of socket are set up. However, the test script knows which interfaces actually exist on the host, and it adds -noipv4 or -noipv6 to the server command as required. An error occurs if both @@ -1019,7 +1021,10 @@ are of the following kinds: (d) If the line starts with ">*eof", nothing is sent and the connection is closed. - The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence. + The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence. Within + each line the sequence '\x' followed by two hex digits can be used + to specify an arbitrary byte value. The sequence '\\' specifies a + single backslash. (2) A line that starts with "*sleep" specifies a number of seconds to wait before proceeding. @@ -1033,7 +1038,10 @@ are of the following kinds: (5) Otherwise, the line defines the start of an input line that the client is expected to send. To allow for lines that start with digits, the line may start with '<', which is not taken as part of the input data. If the - input does not match, the server bombs out with an error message. + lines starts with '<<' then only the characters are expected; no return- + linefeed terminator. If the input does not match, the server bombs out + with an error message. Backslash-escape sequences may be used in the + line content as for output lines. Here is a simple example of server use in a test script: