more details on debugging with the test suite

The cURL Test Suite

Requires:

  perl

  perl (and a unix-style shell)

Run:

  'make test'. This invokes the 'runtests.pl' perl script. Edit the top

  The script breaks on the first test that doesn't do OK. Use -a to prevent

  the script to abort on the first error. Run the script with -v for more

  verbose output.

  verbose output. Use -d to run the test servers with debug output enabled as

  well.

  Use -s fort shorter output, or pass a string with test numbers to run

  specific tests only (like ./runtests.pl "3 4" to test 3 and 4 only)

  then just type 'run' in the debugger to perform the command through the

  debugger.

  If a test case causes a core dump, analyze it by running gdb like:

          # gdb ../curl/src core

  ... and get a stack trace with the gdb command:

          (gdb) where

Logs:

  All logs are generated in the logs/ subdirctory (it is emtpied first

  in the runtests.sh script)

  in the runtests.pl script)

Data:

  All test-data are put in the data/ subdirctory.

               of the ftp server. It uses a simple syntax that is left to

               describe here!

FIX:

TODO:

  * Make httpserver.pl work when we PUT without Content-Length:

  * Add persistant connection support and test cases