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Each parameter specification includes: the full parameter name, corresponding environment variable name, command
line argument name, acceptable values and a long description. The default value for the parameter is bold in the
acceptable values list. All values are case sensitive and are required to exactly match the parameter specification.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Automatically attach debugger in case of system failure</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_AUTO_START_DBG</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><em class="parameter"><code>auto_start_dbg</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>no</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>yes</td></tr>
<tr><td>debugger identifier</td></tr>
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specifies whether Boost.Test should try to attach a debugger in case if fatal system error occurs. If value is "yes"
the default debugger configured for the platform is going to be attempted. Alternatively the debugger identified
by the argument value of the parameter is used. For more details on advanced debugger support in Boost.Test check
section dedicated to Boost.Test debug API.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Print build info</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_BUILD_INFO</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><em class="parameter"><code>build_info</code></em></td>
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makes the framework to print build information that include: platform, compiler, STL implementation in use and
boost version.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Catch system errors</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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value "no" prohibits the framework from catching asynchronous system events. This could be used for test programs
executed within GUI or to get a coredump for stack analysis. See usage recommendations page for more details.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_DETECT_MEMORY_LEAK</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><em class="parameter"><code>build_info</code></em></td>
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<tr><td>0</td></tr>
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positive value tells the framework to detect the memory leaks (if any). Any value greater then 1 in addition
is treated as leak allocation number and setup runtime breakpoint. In other words setting this parameter to
the positive value N greater than 1 causes the framework to set a breakpoint at Nth memory allocation (don't
do that from the command line - only when you are under debugger). Note: if your test program produce memory
leaks notifications, they are combined with allocation number values you could use to set a breakpoint.
Currently only applies to MS family of compilers.
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<td><span class="emphasis"><em>[Do not] trap floating point exceptions</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_DETECT_FP_EXCEPTIONS</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>detect_fp_exceptions</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>no</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>yes</td></tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><p>
enables/disable hardware traps for the floating point exception if they are supported. By default is disabled.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>The log format</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_LOG_FORMAT</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>log_format</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
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<tr><td>
<span class="bold"><strong>HRF</strong></span> - human readable format</td></tr>
<tr><td>XML - XML format for automated output processing</td></tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
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allows selecting the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> log format from the list of formats supplied by the framework. To specify custom log
format use the <a class="link" href="../test-output/log-ct-config.html#utf.user-guide.test-output.log.ct-config.log-formatter" title="Custom log format support">unit_test_log API</a>.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>The UTF log level</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_LOG_LEVEL</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>log_level</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><p><span class="term">all</span> - </p></td>
<td>report all log messages including the passed test notification</td>
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<td><p><span class="term">success</span> - </p></td>
<td>the same as all</td>
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<td><p><span class="term">test_suite</span> - </p></td>
<td>show test suite messages</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">message</span> - </p></td>
<td>show user messages</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">warning</span> - </p></td>
<td>report warnings issued by user</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="bold"><strong>error</strong></span></span> - </p></td>
<td>report all error conditions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">cpp_exception</span> - </p></td>
<td>report uncaught c++ exception</td>
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<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">system_error</span> - </p></td>
<td>report system originated non-fatal errors (for example, timeout or floating point exception)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">fatal_error</span> - </p></td>
<td>report only user or system originated fatal errors (for example, memory access violation)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">nothing</span> - </p></td>
<td>do not report any information</td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><p>
allows setting the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> log level in a range from a
complete log, when all successful tests are confirmed and all test suite messages are included, to an empty
log when nothing is logged a test output stream. Note that log levels are accumulating, in other words each
log level includes also all the information reported by less restrictive ones.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>The output format</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_OUTPUT_FORMAT</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>output_format</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<span class="bold"><strong>HRF</strong></span> - human readable format</td></tr>
<tr><td>XML - XML format for automated output processing</td></tr>
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<td><p>
combines an effect of report_format and log_format parameters. Has higher priority than either one of them if
specified.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Random seed for random order of test cases</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><em class="parameter"><code>random</code></em></td>
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positive value makes the framework to run the test cases in random order. Also if this value is greater than 1,
it's used as a random seed. In other case random seed is generated based on current time.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<span class="bold"><strong>HRF</strong></span> - human readable format</td></tr>
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<td>: </td>
<td><p>
allows selecting the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> report format from the list of formats supplied by the framework. To
specify custom report format use unit_test_report API.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>The results report level</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_LOG_FORMAT</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<tr><td>no</td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>confirm</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>short</td></tr>
<tr><td>detailed</td></tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><p>
allows setting the level of detailization for the testing results report generated by the framework. Use value
"no" to eliminate the results report completely. See the
<a class="xref" href="../test-output/results-report.html" title="Test report output">the section called &#8220;Test report output&#8221;</a> for description of different report formats.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
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<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_RESULT_CODE</code></td>
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<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>result_code</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
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<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>yes</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>no</td></tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><p>
value "no" enforces the framework to always return zero result code. This could be used for test programs
executed within GUI. See <a class="link" href="../../usage-recommendations/dot-net-specific.html" title="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET usage recommendations">usage recommendations</a>
section for more details.
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Test units to run</em></span></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TESTS_TO_RUN</code></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>run_test</code></em></td>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>
<a class="link" href="run-by-name.html" title="Running specific test units selected by their name">specification</a> of test units to run
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><p>
specifies which test units to run.
</p></td>
</tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Show progress</em></span></td>
</tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_SHOW_PROGRESS</code></td>
</tr>
<tr class="seg">
<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>show_progress</code></em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="seg">
<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>no</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>yes</td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><p>makes the framework to print progress information.</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Parameter Name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><span class="emphasis"><em>Use alternative stack</em></span></td>
</tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Environment variable name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><code class="varname">BOOST_TEST_USE_ALT_STACK</code></td>
</tr>
<tr class="seg">
<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Command line argument name</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><em class="parameter"><code>use_alt_stack</code></em></td>
</tr>
<tr class="seg">
<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Acceptable Values</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><span class="bold"><strong>yes</strong></span></td></tr>
<tr><td>no</td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
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<td><strong><nobr><span class="segtitle">Description</span></nobr></strong></td>
<td>: </td>
<td><p>
specifies whether or not the Boost.Test Execution Monitor should employ an alternative stack for signals
processing on platforms where they are supported.
</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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