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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml index fd1e142d559..d80dd46c5fd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml @@ -917,6 +917,14 @@ PG_TEST_NOCLEAN=1 make -C src/bin/pg_dump check <varname>PG_TEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT</varname> to a higher number will change the default to avoid this. </para> + + <para> + For certain tests, the environment variable + <envar>PG_TEST_FILE_READ_LINES</envar> can be set to limit the number of + lines read from large output files (head and tail). This is useful when + the test output contains a lot of unnecessary content, allowing the test + framework to read only a limited number of lines for its reports. + </para> </sect2> </sect1> |