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| author | sternenseemann <sternenseemann@systemli.org> | 2022-03-26 09:59:28 +0100 |
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| committer | sternenseemann <sternenseemann@systemli.org> | 2022-03-26 09:59:28 +0100 |
| commit | 372d0a707e13e20443543461ff4f7c00454dea8c (patch) | |
| tree | ca619a9578bd21b04841c5aade7e9e5f38b19145 /nixos/doc/manual/development | |
| parent | 66996acc2a9afd1b0c34beffc2bab3e8daecbcad (diff) | |
| parent | b9eab51eed6fb41c85bcda2d6241f151735c853a (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into haskell-updates
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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.md | 13 |
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.md index 7de57d0d2a379..433e1906f7756 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.md @@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ The following methods are available on machine objects: e.g., `send_chars("foobar\n")` will type the string `foobar` followed by the Enter key. +`send_console` + +: Send keys to the kernel console. This allows interaction with the systemd + emergency mode, for example. Takes a string that is sent, e.g., + `send_console("\n\nsystemctl default\n")`. + `execute` : Execute a shell command, returning a list `(status, stdout)`. @@ -272,6 +278,13 @@ The following methods are available on machine objects: Killing the interactive session with `Ctrl-d` or `Ctrl-c` also ends the guest session. +`console_interact` + +: Allows you to directly interact with QEMU's stdin. This should + only be used during test development, not in production tests. + Output from QEMU is only read line-wise. `Ctrl-c` kills QEMU and + `Ctrl-d` closes console and returns to the test runner. + To test user units declared by `systemd.user.services` the optional `user` argument can be used: |