TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH — CMake 4.0.1 Documentation (original) (raw)

Added in version 3.6.

Change a test's timeout duration after a matching line is encountered in its output.

Usage¶

add_test(mytest ...) set_property(TEST mytest PROPERTY TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH "${seconds}" "${regex}")

Description¶

Allow a test seconds to complete after regex is encountered in its output.

When the test outputs a line that matches regex its start time is reset to the current time and its timeout duration is changed toseconds. Prior to this, the timeout duration is determined by theTIMEOUT property or the CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUTvariable if either of these are set. Because the test's start time is reset, its execution time will not include any time that was spent waiting for the matching output.

TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH is useful for avoiding spurious timeouts when your test must wait for some system resource to become available before it can execute. Set TIMEOUT to a longer duration that accounts for resource acquisition and useTIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH to control how long the actual test is allowed to run.

If the required resource can be controlled by CTest you should useRESOURCE_LOCK instead of TIMEOUT_AFTER_MATCH. This property should be used when only the test itself can determine when its required resources are available.

See also TIMEOUT_SIGNAL_NAME.