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  23 >DejaGnu</A
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  25 ><H2
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  27 >The GNU Testing Framework</H2
  28 ><H3
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  30 >Rob Savoye</H3
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  35 >Free Software Foundation<BR></SPAN
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  39 >Copyright &copy; 2001 by <SPAN
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  41 >Free Software Foundation, Inc.</SPAN
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  48 ><B
  49 >Table of Contents</B
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  51 ><DT
  52 ><A
  53 HREF="preface.html"
  54 >Abstract</A
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  56 ><DT
  57 >1. <A
  58 HREF="overview.html"
  59 >Overview</A
  60 ></DT
  61 ><DD
  62 ><DL
  63 ><DT
  64 ><A
  65 HREF="overview.html#WHATIS"
  66 >What is DejaGnu ?</A
  67 ></DT
  68 ><DT
  69 ><A
  70 HREF="new.html"
  71 >What's New In This Release</A
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  73 ><DD
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  76 ><A
  77 HREF="new.html#CYGWIN"
  78 >NT Support</A
  79 ></DT
  80 ></DL
  81 ></DD
  82 ><DT
  83 ><A
  84 HREF="designgoals.html"
  85 >Design Goals</A
  86 ></DT
  87 ><DT
  88 ><A
  89 HREF="posix.html"
  90 >A POSIX conforming test framework</A
  91 ></DT
  92 ></DL
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  94 ><DT
  95 >2. <A
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  97 >Running Tests</A
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  99 ><DD
 100 ><DL
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 102 ><A
 103 HREF="runningtests.html#MAKECHECK"
 104 >Make check</A
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 107 ><A
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 109 >Runtest</A
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 114 ><A
 115 HREF="runtest.html#OUTPUTS"
 116 >Output States</A
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 121 >Invoking Runtest</A
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 126 >Common Options</A
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 128 ></DL
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 131 ><A
 132 HREF="outputfiles.html"
 133 >The files DejaGnu produces.</A
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 138 ><A
 139 HREF="outputfiles.html#SUM"
 140 >Summary File</A
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 143 ><A
 144 HREF="outputfiles.html#LOG"
 145 >Log File</A
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 147 ><DT
 148 ><A
 149 HREF="outputfiles.html#DEBUGFILE"
 150 >Debug Log File</A
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 155 ></DD
 156 ><DT
 157 >3. <A
 158 HREF="customizing.html"
 159 >Customizing DejaGnu</A
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 164 ><A
 165 HREF="customizing.html#LOCAL"
 166 >Local Config File</A
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 169 ><A
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 171 >Global Config File</A
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 173 ><DT
 174 ><A
 175 HREF="boardconfig.html"
 176 >Board Config File</A
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 178 ><DT
 179 ><A
 180 HREF="releng.html"
 181 >Remote Host Testing</A
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 184 ><A
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 186 >Config File Values</A
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 191 ><A
 192 HREF="configfile.html#OPTIONDEFS"
 193 >Command Line Option Variables</A
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 196 ><A
 197 HREF="configfile.html#PERSONAL"
 198 >Personal Config File</A
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 204 ><DT
 205 >4. <A
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 207 >Extending DejaGnu</A
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 212 ><A
 213 HREF="extending.html#ADDSUITE"
 214 >Adding A New Test Suite</A
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 217 ><A
 218 HREF="addtool.html"
 219 >Adding A New Tool</A
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 221 ><DT
 222 ><A
 223 HREF="addtarget.html"
 224 >Adding A New Target</A
 225 ></DT
 226 ><DT
 227 ><A
 228 HREF="addboard.html"
 229 >Adding A New Board</A
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 232 ><A
 233 HREF="boarddefs.html"
 234 >Board Config File Values</A
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 237 ><A
 238 HREF="writing.html"
 239 >Writing A Test Case</A
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 242 ><A
 243 HREF="debugging.html"
 244 >Debugging A Test Case</A
 245 ></DT
 246 ><DT
 247 ><A
 248 HREF="adding.html"
 249 >Adding A Test Case To A Test Suite.</A
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 252 ><A
 253 HREF="hints.html"
 254 >Hints On Writing A Test Case</A
 255 ></DT
 256 ><DT
 257 ><A
 258 HREF="tvariables.html"
 259 >Special variables used by test cases.</A
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 262 ></DD
 263 ><DT
 264 >5. <A
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 266 >Reference</A
 267 ></DT
 268 ><DD
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 270 ><DT
 271 ><A
 272 HREF="reference.html#OBTAINING"
 273 >Obtaining DejaGnu</A
 274 ></DT
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 276 ><A
 277 HREF="installation.html"
 278 >Installation</A
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 283 ><A
 284 HREF="installation.html#CONFIGURING"
 285 >Configuring DejaGnu</A
 286 ></DT
 287 ><DT
 288 ><A
 289 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLING"
 290 >Installing DejaGnu</A
 291 ></DT
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 295 ><A
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 297 >Builtin Procedures</A
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 304 >Core Internal Procedures</A
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 309 >Procedures For Remote Communication</A
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 313 HREF="builtins.html#CONNPROCS"
 314 >Procedures For Using Utilities to Connect</A
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 319 >Procedures For Target Boards</A
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 334 >Utility Procedures</A
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 339 >Libgloss, A Free BSP</A
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 344 >Procedures for debugging your Tcl code.</A
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