ctest_startΒΆ
Starts the testing for a given model
ctest_start(<model> [<source> [<binary>]] [GROUP <group>] [QUIET])
ctest_start([<model> [<source> [<binary>]]] [GROUP <group>] APPEND [QUIET])
Starts the testing for a given model. The command should be called after the binary directory is initialized.
The parameters are as follows:
- <model>
- Set the dashboard model. Must be one of - Experimental,- Continuous, or- Nightly. This parameter is required unless- APPENDis specified.
- <source>
- Set the source directory. If not specified, the value of - CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORYis used instead.
- <binary>
- Set the binary directory. If not specified, the value of - CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORYis used instead.
- GROUP <group>
- If - GROUPis used, the submissions will go to the specified group on the CDash server. If no- GROUPis specified, the name of the model is used by default.- Changed in version 3.16: This replaces the deprecated option - TRACK. Despite the name change its behavior is unchanged.
- APPEND
- If - APPENDis used, the existing- TAGis used rather than creating a new one based on the current time stamp. If you use- APPEND, you can omit the- <model>and- GROUP <group>parameters, because they will be read from the generated- TAGfile. For example:- ctest_start(Experimental GROUP GroupExperimental) - Later, in another - ctest -Sscript:- ctest_start(APPEND) - When the second script runs - ctest_start(APPEND), it will read the- Experimentalmodel and- GroupExperimentalgroup from the- TAGfile generated by the first- ctest_start()command. Please note that if you call- ctest_start(APPEND)and specify a different model or group than in the first- ctest_start()command, a warning will be issued, and the new model and group will be used.
- QUIET
- New in version 3.3. - If - QUIETis used, CTest will suppress any non-error messages that it otherwise would have printed to the console.
The parameters for ctest_start() can be issued in any order, with the
exception that <model>, <source>, and <binary> have to appear
in that order with respect to each other. The following are all valid and
equivalent:
ctest_start(Experimental path/to/source path/to/binary GROUP SomeGroup QUIET APPEND)
ctest_start(GROUP SomeGroup Experimental QUIET path/to/source APPEND path/to/binary)
ctest_start(APPEND QUIET Experimental path/to/source GROUP SomeGroup path/to/binary)
However, for the sake of readability, it is recommended that you order your parameters in the order listed at the top of this page.
If the CTEST_CHECKOUT_COMMAND variable (or the
CTEST_CVS_CHECKOUT variable) is set, its content is treated as
command-line.  The command is invoked with the current working directory set
to the parent of the source directory, even if the source directory already
exists.  This can be used to create the source tree from a version control
repository.
