Provide a new option -o for unit test runner which sends the log to a file. This way we don't capture qWarning in the XML JUnit logs.

src/unit_tests/unit_test_main.cc

@@ -544,9 +544,11 @@ main_cont (int &argc, char **argv)
     bool debug_mode = false;
     bool continue_flag = false;
     int repeat = 1;
+    std::string output;
 
     tl::CommandLineOptions cmd;
     cmd << tl::arg ("-a", &xml_format, "Provide XML output format (JUnit format)")
+        << tl::arg ("-o=log", &output, "Sends output to the given file")
         << tl::arg ("-l", &list_tests, "Lists tests and exits")
         << tl::arg ("-e", &editable, "Uses editable mode")
         << tl::arg ("-ne", &non_editable, "Uses non-editable mode")
@@ -596,8 +598,18 @@ main_cont (int &argc, char **argv)
     tl::set_continue_flag (continue_flag);
     tl::set_debug_mode (debug_mode);
 
+    FILE *output_file = 0;
+
     try {
 
+      if (! output.empty ()) {
+        output_file = fopen (output.c_str (), "w");
+        if (! output_file) {
+          throw tl::Exception (std::string ("Unable to open log file for writing :") + output);
+        }
+        console.send_to (output_file);
+      }
+
       ut::ctrl << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>";
       ut::ctrl << "<testsuites>";
 
@@ -652,8 +664,20 @@ main_cont (int &argc, char **argv)
 
       ut::ctrl << "</testsuites>";
 
+      if (output_file) {
+        console.send_to (stdout);
+        fclose (output_file);
+      }
+
     } catch (...) {
+
       ut::ctrl << "</testsuites>";
+
+      if (output_file) {
+        console.send_to (stdout);
+        fclose (output_file);
+      }
+
       throw;
     }
 

src/unit_tests/utTestConsole.cc

@@ -197,10 +197,25 @@ TestConsole::TestConsole (FILE *file)
 {
   ms_instance = this;
 
+  prepare_file ();
+  redirect ();
+}
+
+TestConsole::~TestConsole ()
+{
+  restore ();
+
+  if (ms_instance == this) {
+    ms_instance = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+void TestConsole::prepare_file ()
+{
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
   m_file_is_tty = false;
 #else
-  m_file_is_tty = isatty (fileno (file));
+  m_file_is_tty = isatty (fileno (m_file));
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
@@ -211,16 +226,15 @@ TestConsole::TestConsole (FILE *file)
     m_rows = std::max (0, (int) ws.ws_row);
   }
 #endif
-
-  redirect ();
 }
 
-TestConsole::~TestConsole ()
+void
+TestConsole::send_to (FILE *file)
 {
-  restore ();
-
-  if (ms_instance == this) {
-    ms_instance = 0;
+  if (file != m_file) {
+    flush ();
+    m_file = file;
+    prepare_file ();
   }
 }
 

src/unit_tests/utTestConsole.h

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
   TestConsole (FILE *file);
   ~TestConsole ();
 
+  void send_to (FILE *file);
+
   void write_str (const char *text, output_stream os);
   void raw_write (const char *text);
   virtual void flush ();
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ private:
 
   void redirect ();
   void restore ();
+  void prepare_file ();
 };
 
 }