pan help file

pan - A light-weight driver to run tests.

pan -n tagname [-SyAehp] [-t #s|m|h|d time] [-s starts] [-x nactive] [-l logfile]
    [-a active-file] [-f command-file] [-d debug-level] [-o output-file] [-O  buffer_directory]
    [-r report_type] [cmd]

See manpages for more options details.

Command-file format:
--start--
tag1 /full/path/command1
tag2 /full/path/command2
--end--

Some examples:

pan -n ex1 -a /tmp/active -l /tmp/log -p -o /tmp/out cmd

This command execute the test `cmd`, use as active file /tmp/active (-a),
save output to /tmp/out (-o) and write the results in /tmp/log (-l) in readable format (-p).
'-n tag' is used to identify the pan process. Required.

file cmd_file
--start cmd_file--
test1 command1
test2 command2
--end cmd_file

pan -n ex2 -a /tmp/active -S -e -l /tmp/log -p -o /tmp/out -f /tmp/cmd_file

This command execute the tests (command1 and command2) listed in cmd_file sequentially (-S) returning PASS if all tests pass (-e).

pan -n ex3 -a /tmp/active -S -e -x 2 -l /tmp/log -p -o /tmp/out -f /tmp/cmd_file

This command execute the tests (command1 and command2) listed in cmd_file at the same time (-S -x 2) returning PASS if all tests pass (-e).

If -S is not specified the tests in the cmd_file are selected randomly.