COVER(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation COVER(1)NAMEcover - report coverage statistics
SYNOPSIScover-help -info -version
-summary -report report_format -outputdir dir
-select filename -ignore filename
-select_re RE -ignore_re RE
-write [db] -delete -dump_db
-silent
-coverage criterion
-test -gcov
-make [make]
-add_uncoverable_point -delete_uncoverable_point
-clean_uncoverable_points -uncoverable_file
[report specific options]
coverage_database [coverage_database ...]
DESCRIPTION
Report coverage statistics in a variety of formats.
The summary option produces a short textual summary. Other reports are
available by using the report option.
The following reports are currently available:
text - detailed textual summary
html - detailed HTML reports
OPTIONS
The following command line options are supported:
-h -help - show help
-i -info - show documentation
-v -version - show version
-silent - don't print informational messages (default off)
-summary - give summary report (default on)
-report report_format - report format (default html)
-outputdir - directory for output (default db)
-select filename - only report on the file (default all)
-ignore filename - don't report on the file (default none)
-select_re RE - append to REs of files to select (default none)
-ignore_re RE - append to REs of files to ignore (default none)
-write [db] - write the merged database (default off)
-delete - drop database(s) (default off)
-dump_db - dump database(s) (for debugging) (default off)
-coverage criterion - report on criterion (default all available)
-test - drop database(s) and run make test (default off)
-gcov - run gcov to cover XS code (default on if using gcc)
-make make_prog - use the given 'make' program for 'make test'
other options specific to the report
DETAILS
Any number of coverage databases may be specified on the command line.
These databases will be merged and the reports will be based on the
merged information. If no databases are specified the default database
(cover_db) will be used.
The -write option will write out the merged database. If no name is
given for the new database, the first database read in will be
overwritten. When this option is used no reports are generated by
default.
Specify -select and -ignore options to report on specific files.
Specify -coverage options to report on specific criteria. By default
all available information on all criteria in all files will be
reported.
The -test option will delete the databases and run make test to
generate new coverage data before reporting on it. The -gcov option
will try to run gcov on any XS code. This requires that you are using
gcc of course. If you are this option will be turned on by default.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 All operations were completed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
Devel::Cover
BUGS
Did I mention that this is alpha code?
See the BUGS file.
VERSION
Version 0.78 - 17th May 2011
LICENCE
Copyright 2001-2011, Paul Johnson (pjcj@cpan.org)
This software is free. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl
itself.
The latest version of this software should be available from my
homepage: http://www.pjcj.net
perl v5.14.2 2011-05-17 COVER(1)
