From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:59:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: added a description about the memory checks
X-Git-Tag: curl-7_5~99
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=13e9a4d8f4642e3b4901030e63a8f046252a5fa8;p=curl

added a description about the memory checks
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diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 35f7966b0..2fcf9a587 100644
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Run:
   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)
 
+Memory:
+  The test script will check that all allocated memory is freed properly IF
+  curl has been built with the MALLOCDEBUG define set. The script will
+  automatically detect if that is the case, and it will use the ../memanalyze
+  script to analyze the memory debugging output.
+
 Logs:
   All logs are generated in the logs/ subdirctory (it is emtpied first
   in the runtests.sh script)
@@ -46,6 +52,9 @@ Data:
                curl will not be run with -o but instead all output is compared
                against this file!
 
+    errorN.txt: if this file is present, it should contain the error number
+               curl is supposed to return when this test is run.
+
 FIX:
 
   * Make httpserver.pl work when we PUT without Content-Length: