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Modified docs/manual/megatest_manual.html from [2f3ab9d0a7] to [76096cc0e9].

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<div class="paragraph"><p>Then the config file would effectively appear to contain an items section
exactly like the output from the script. This is extremely useful when
dynamically creating items, itemstables and other config structures. You can
see the expansion of the call by looking in the cached files (look in your
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<h4 id="_disk_space_checks">Disk Space Checks</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Some parameters you can put in the [setup] section of megatest.config:</p></div>
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<pre>[items]
A a b c
B d e f</pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Then the config file would effectively appear to contain an items section
exactly like the output from the script. This is useful when dynamically
creating items, itemstables and other config structures. You can see the
expansion of the call by looking in the cached files (look in your linktree
for megatest.config and runconfigs.config cache files and in your test run
areas for the expanded and cached testconfig).</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Wildcards and regexes in Targets</p></div>
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<div class="content monospaced">
<pre>[a/2/b]
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Will result in:</p></div>
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<pre>[a/2/b]
VAR1 VAL2</pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Can use either wildcard of "%" or a regular expression:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content monospaced">
<pre>[/abc.*def/]</pre>
</div></div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_disk_space_checks">Disk Space Checks</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Some parameters you can put in the [setup] section of megatest.config:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content monospaced">
<pre># minimum space required in a run disk
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<h3 id="_override_the_toplevel_html_file">Override the Toplevel HTML File</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Megatest generates a simple html file summary for top level tests of
iterated tests. The generation can be overridden. NOTE: the output of
the script is captured from stdout to create the html.</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>There are a number of environment variables available to the trigger script
but since triggers can be called in various contexts not all variables are
available at all times. The trigger script should check for the variable and
fail gracefully if it doesn&#8217;t exist.</p></div>
<table class="tableblock frame-topbot grid-all"
style="
width:90%;
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<caption class="title">Table 4. Environment variables visible to the trigger script</caption>
<col style="width:33%;">
<col style="width:66%;">
<thead>
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<th class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" >Variable             </th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" > Purpose</th>
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</thead>
<tbody>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_TEST_RUN_DIR</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The directory where Megatest ran this test</p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_CMDINFO</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Encoded command data for the test</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_DEBUG_MODE</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Used to pass the debug mode to nested calls to Megatest</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_RUN_AREA_HOME</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Megatest home area</p></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_TESTSUITENAME</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The name of this testsuite or area</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_TEST_NAME</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The name of this test</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_ITEM_INFO</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The variable and values for the test item</p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_MEGATEST</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Which Megatest binary is being used by this area</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_TARGET</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The target variable values, separated by <em>/</em></p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_LINKTREE</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The base of the link tree where all run tests can be found</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_ITEMPATH</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The values of the item path variables, separated by <em>/</em></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">MT_RUNNAME</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">The name of the run</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_override_the_toplevel_html_file">Override the Toplevel HTML File</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Megatest generates a simple html file summary for top level tests of
iterated tests. The generation can be overridden. NOTE: the output of
the script is captured from stdout to create the html.</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>These routines can be called from the megatest repl.</p></div>
<table class="tableblock frame-topbot grid-all"
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<caption class="title">Table 4. API Keys Related Calls</caption>
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<caption class="title">Table 5. API Keys Related Calls</caption>
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Modified docs/manual/reference.txt from [45163346ae] to [c2be003328].

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VAR1 VAL2
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Disk Space Checks
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Some parameters you can put in the [setup] section of megatest.config:

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COMPLETED/ xterm -e bash -s -- 
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NOTE: There is a trailing space after the --

There are a number of environment variables available to the trigger script
but since triggers can be called in various contexts not all variables are
available at all times. The trigger script should check for the variable and
fail gracefully if it doesn't exist.

.Environment variables visible to the trigger script
[width="90%",cols="^,2m",frame="topbot",options="header"]
|======================
|Variable             | Purpose            
| MT_TEST_RUN_DIR     | The directory where Megatest ran this test                   
| MT_CMDINFO          | Encoded command data for the test                   
| MT_DEBUG_MODE       | Used to pass the debug mode to nested calls to Megatest                   
| MT_RUN_AREA_HOME    | Megatest home area 
| MT_TESTSUITENAME    | The name of this testsuite or area                   
| MT_TEST_NAME        | The name of this test
| MT_ITEM_INFO        | The variable and values for the test item
| MT_MEGATEST         | Which Megatest binary is being used by this area
| MT_TARGET           | The target variable values, separated by '/'
| MT_LINKTREE         | The base of the link tree where all run tests can be found
| MT_ITEMPATH         | The values of the item path variables, separated by '/'
| MT_RUNNAME          | The name of the run
|======================


Override the Toplevel HTML File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Megatest generates a simple html file summary for top level tests of
iterated tests. The generation can be overridden. NOTE: the output of