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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index e54485788..653cf951f 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -1021,7 +1021,10 @@ are of the following kinds: (d) If the line starts with ">*eof", nothing is sent and the connection is closed. - The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence. + The data that is sent starts after the initial '>' sequence. Within + each line the sequence '\x' followed by two hex digits can be used + to specify an arbitrary byte value. The sequence '\\' specifies a + single backslash. (2) A line that starts with "*sleep" specifies a number of seconds to wait before proceeding. @@ -1035,7 +1038,10 @@ are of the following kinds: (5) Otherwise, the line defines the start of an input line that the client is expected to send. To allow for lines that start with digits, the line may start with '<', which is not taken as part of the input data. If the - input does not match, the server bombs out with an error message. + lines starts with '<<' then only the characters are expected; no return- + linefeed terminator. If the input does not match, the server bombs out + with an error message. Backslash-escape sequences may be used in the + line content as for output lines. Here is a simple example of server use in a test script: |