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/usr/bin/vtest

Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy

From varnish 9.1.0-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running vtest -help (exit 1). permalink

usage: vtest [options] file ...
    -b size                      # Set internal buffer size (default: 1M)
    -C                           # Use cleaner subprocess
    -D name=val                  # Define macro
    -E extension_shlib           # Load extension
    -i                           # Find varnish binaries in build tree
    -j jobs                      # Run this many tests in parallel
    -k                           # Continue on test failure
    -L                           # Always leave temporary vtc.*
    -l                           # Leave temporary vtc.* if test fails
    -n iterations                # Run tests this many times
    -p name=val                  # Pass a varnishd parameter
    -q                           # Quiet mode: report only failures
    -t duration                  # Time tests out after this long
    -v                           # Verbose mode: always report test log
    -V                           # print version and exit
Options (15)
OptionDescriptionSource
-b size# Set internal buffer size (default: 1M)help
-C# Use cleaner subprocesshelp
-D name=val# Define macrohelp
-E extension_shlib# Load extensionhelp
-i# Find varnish binaries in build treehelp
-j jobs# Run this many tests in parallelhelp
-k# Continue on test failurehelp
-L# Always leave temporary vtc.*help
-l# Leave temporary vtc.* if test failshelp
-n iterations# Run tests this many timeshelp
-p name=val# Pass a varnishd parameterhelp
-q# Quiet mode: report only failureshelp
-t duration# Time tests out after this longhelp
-v# Verbose mode: always report test loghelp
-V# print version and exithelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.