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@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ Memory:
automatically detect if that is the case, and it will use the ../memanalyze
script to analyze the memory debugging output.
+Debug:
+ If a test case fails, you can conveniently get the script to invoke the
+ debugger (gdb) for you with the server running and the exact same command
+ line parameters that failed. Just invoke 'runtests.pl <test number> -g' and
+ then just type 'run' in the debugger to perform the command through the
+ debugger.
+
Logs:
All logs are generated in the logs/ subdirctory (it is emtpied first
in the runtests.sh script)