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diff --git a/doc/cmd.rst b/doc/cmd.rst index f77738bc..90e21057 100644 --- a/doc/cmd.rst +++ b/doc/cmd.rst @@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ suffix. Here are some examples of data files that can be combined:: .coverage.20120807T212300 .coverage.last_good_run.ok +An existing combined data file is ignored and re-written. If you want to use +**combine** to accumulate results into the .coverage data file over a number of +runs, use the ``--append`` switch on the **combine** command. This behavior +was the default before version 4.2. + The ``run --parallel-mode`` switch automatically creates separate data files for each run which can be combined later. The file names include the machine name, the process id, and a random number:: |