X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/5c03403d88afcde2bb3f543296b0fca6f05c9f2c..c86cd3103d043eafe748934c5f79b819505b03e9:/test/README?ds=inline diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 36cdd6984..c0f548292 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ bin/client-ssl A script-driven SMTP client simulation with OpenSSL support. This is built only if OpenSSL support is detected on the host. +bin/client-anytls A symlink to either client-ssl or client-gnutls, if + any is built. + bin/fakens A fake "nameserver" for DNS tests (see below for details). bin/fd A program that outputs details of open file descriptors. @@ -856,9 +859,25 @@ Commands with input ------------------- The remaining commands are followed by data lines for their standard input, -terminated by four asterisks. Even if no data is required for the particular +terminated by four asterisks ("****"). Even if no data is required for the particular usage, the asterisks must be given. +If the input line starts with '::', this prefix is removed and the +line is processed by the runtest script before sending. The following +commands are recognised: + +- "eval": process the reset of the line with Perl's string eval() + function. This can be used to send arbitrary data by encoding it as + escape sequences (e.g. "\x41\101"). If you need a line ending, you have + to append it accordingly (e.g. "\r\n"). + +- "noeol": do not terminate the data sent to the application with an end + of line character. + +- "sleep": interpret the rest of the line as an integer and sleep for + that number of seconds before proceeding. No data will be output to + the application. + background @@ -873,7 +892,6 @@ except that the data it generates is copied to the end of the test-stdout file as well as to the named file. - client [] [] This command runs the auxiliary "client" program that simulates an SMTP client. @@ -1026,28 +1044,28 @@ CLIENT SCRIPTS Lines in client scripts are of several kinds: -(1) If a line begins with three question marks and a space, the rest of the +(1) "??? ": If a line begins with three question marks and a space, the rest of the line defines the start of expected output from the server. If what is received does not match, the client bombs out with an error message. -(2) If a line begins with three question marks and an asterisk, the server +(2) "???*": If a line begins with three question marks and an asterisk, the server is expected to close the connection. -(3) If a line begins with four question marks, the rest of the line defines +(3) "????": If a line begins with four question marks, the rest of the line defines the start of one or more possible output lines from the server. When it matches, the client silently repeats the comparison using the next server line. When the match fails, the client silently proceeds to the next script line with the then-current server output unconsumed. -(4) If a line starts with three plus signs followed by a space, the rest of the +(4) "+++ ": If a line starts with three plus signs followed by a space, the rest of the line specifies a number of seconds to sleep for before proceeding. -(5) If a line begins with three '>' characters and a space, the rest of the +(5) ">>> ": If a line begins with three '>' characters and a space, the rest of the line is input to be sent to the server. Backslash escaping is done as described below, but no trailing "\r\n" is sent. -(6) If a line begin with three '<' characters and a space, the rest of the - line is a filename; the content of the file is inserted intto the script +(6) "<<< ": If a line begin with three '<' characters and a space, the rest of the + line is a filename; the content of the file is inserted into the script at this point. (7) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any