cover - report coverage statistics
cover -help -info -version -summary -report report_format -outputdir dir -file filename -exclude filname -write [db] -delete -dump_db -silent -coverage criterion [report specific options] coverage_database [coverage_database ...]
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
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 required (default html) -outputdir - directory for output (default db) -file filename - only report on the file (default all) -exclude filename - don't report on the file (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) other options specific to the report
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 -file 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 following exit values are returned:
0 All operaions were completed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.
Devel::Cover
Did I mention that this is alpha code?
See the BUGS file.
Version 0.42 - 30th April 2004
Copyright 2001-2004, 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
To install Devel::Cover, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Devel::Cover
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Devel::Cover
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.