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<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.2.2.1">0.2.2.1</a> Create megatest.config
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# Fields are the keys under which your test runs are organized
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<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.2">0.3.2</a> megatest.config settings
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<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.2.1">0.3.2.1</a> [setup]
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full path to megatest binary
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string of letters, numbers and underscore
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string of letters, numbers and underscore
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[jobtools]
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launcher
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command line used to launch jobs - the job command (megatest -execute) will be appended to this
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list of hostnames to run jobs on NOT SUPPORTED RIGHT NOW
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[env-override]
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string of letters, numbers and underscore
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any string
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[disks]
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string of letters, numbers and underscore
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a valid path writable by the test launching process and by the test process
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<p>Copyright (C) 2011 Matt Welland</p>
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Chicken scheme and a number of eggs are required for building megatest.
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Setup
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[jobtools]
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command line used to launch jobs - the job command (megatest -execute) will
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a valid path writable by the test launching process and by the test process
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