Command-line options

[users/jgh/exim.git] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index cdc240df0d2e0f1e81d9eb47ba6d8603d839e0e5..5d9bed72d37b07778b54e0c69ef3515709c1ae2c 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ EXPORTABLE EXIM TEST SUITE
 
 This document last updated for:
 
-Test Suite Version: 4.67
-Date: 20 February 2007
+Test Suite Version: 4.87
+Date: 30 January 2016
 
 
 BACKGROUND
@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
 
       Defaults:exim-build     timestamp_timeout=480,!tty_tickets
 
-(3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that
-    it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the
-    names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few other simple ones such as "abcd"
-    and "xyz" and single letters that are used in the tests. The test suite
-    expects the login to have a gecos name; I think it will now run if the
-    gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies.
+(3) The login under which you run the tests must have the exim group as a
+    secondary so that it has access to logs, spool files, etc.  However, it
+    should have a different primary group (eg. "users" vs. "eximgroup"). The
+    login should not be one of the names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few
+    other simple ones such as "abcd" and "xyz" and single letters that are used
+    in the tests. The test suite expects the login to have a gecos name; I think
+    it will now run if the gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies.
     The login must not contain a dash or an equal sign. (Otherwise some tests
     about local_from_{suffix,prefix} will fail.)
 
@@ -840,6 +841,12 @@ terminated by four asterisks. Even if no data is required for the particular
 usage, the asterisks must be given.
 
 
+  background
+
+This command takes one script line and runs it in the background,
+in parallel with following commands.  For external daemons, eg. redis-server.
+
+
   catwrite <file name> [nxm[=start-of-line-text]]*
 
 This command operates like the "write" command, which is described below,
@@ -921,7 +928,9 @@ input, details of which are given below. A number of options are implemented:
   -d       causes the server to output debugging information
 
   -t <sec> sets a timeout (default 5) for when the server is
-           awaiting an incoming connection
+           awaiting an incoming connection. If negative, the
+          absolute value is used and a timeout results in a
+          nonfailure exit code
 
   -noipv4  causes the server not to set up an IPv4 socket