[Python-checkins] devguide: say how to run one test (closes #21361)

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/6b912c90de72
changeset:   690:6b912c90de72
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Sun Apr 27 10:44:46 2014 -0400
summary:
  say how to run one test (closes #21361)

Patch from Jessica McKellar.

files:
  runtests.rst |  11 ++++++++---
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/runtests.rst b/runtests.rst
--- a/runtests.rst
+++ b/runtests.rst
@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@
 
     ./python -m test -h
 
-If you want to run a single test, simply specify the test name as an argument.
-You also probably want to enable verbose mode (using ``-v``), so that individual
-failures are detailed::
+If you want to run a single test file, simply specify the test file name
+(without the extension) as an argument.  You also probably want to enable
+verbose mode (using ``-v``), so that individual failures are detailed::
 
     ./python -m test -v test_abc
 
+To run a single test case, use the ``unittest`` module, providing the import
+path to the test case::
+
+   ./python -m unittest -v test.test_abc.TestABC
+
 If you have a multi-core or multi-CPU machine, you can enable parallel testing
 using several Python processes so as to speed up things::
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide