diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'coverage/control.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | coverage/control.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py index 4acef710..415df277 100644 --- a/coverage/control.py +++ b/coverage/control.py @@ -373,11 +373,16 @@ class coverage(object): return info -def measure_process(): - """Called at Python startup time to perhaps measure coverage. +def process_startup(): + """Call this at Python startup to perhaps measure coverage. + + To invoke this when Python starts, you can create a .pth file in your + Python installation containing this:: + + import coverage; coverage.process_startup() If the environment variable COVERAGE_PROCESS_START is defined, coverage - measurement is started, and the value of the variable is the data file + measurement is started. The value of the variable is the data file prefix to use. """ |