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This can be used for test programs executed within an IDE 34 or to get a coredump for a stack analysis. See <a class="link" href="../../practical_usage_recommendations.html#ref_usage_recommendations">usage 35 recommendations</a> pages for more details. 36 </p> 37<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> 38<tr> 39<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> 40<th align="left">Note</th> 41</tr> 42<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> 43 If the <span class="emphasis"><em>Unit Test Framework</em></span> detects that the current 44 process is being run under a debugger, the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">catch_system_errors</span></code> 45 is automatically disabled. 46 </p></td></tr> 47</table></div> 48<h5> 49<a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.h0"></a> 50 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.acceptable_values"></a></span><a class="link" href="catch_system.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.acceptable_values">Acceptable 51 values</a> 52 </h5> 53<p> 54 <a class="link" href="../rt_param_reference.html#boolean_param_value">Boolean</a> with default value 55 <span class="bold"><strong>no</strong></span>. 56 </p> 57<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note"> 58<tr> 59<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td> 60<th align="left">Note</th> 61</tr> 62<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p> 63 The <span class="emphasis"><em>Unit Test Framework</em></span> can be built with flag 64 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST_DEFAULTS_TO_CORE_DUMP</span></code> 65 in which case default changes to <span class="bold"><strong>yes</strong></span> 66 </p></td></tr> 67</table></div> 68<h5> 69<a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.h1"></a> 70 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.command_line_syntax"></a></span><a class="link" href="catch_system.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.command_line_syntax">Command 71 line syntax</a> 72 </h5> 73<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 74<li class="listitem"> 75 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">--</span><span class="identifier">catch_system_errors</span><span class="special">[=<</span><span class="identifier">boolean</span> 76 <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">>]</span></code> 77 </li> 78<li class="listitem"> 79 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">s</span> 80 <span class="special">[<</span><span class="identifier">boolean</span> 81 <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">>]</span></code> 82 </li> 83</ul></div> 84<h5> 85<a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.h2"></a> 86 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.environment_variable"></a></span><a class="link" href="catch_system.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.catch_system.environment_variable">Environment 87 variable</a> 88 </h5> 89<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST_CATCH_SYSTEM_ERRORS</span> 90</pre> 91</div> 92<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 93<td align="left"></td> 94<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2001-2020 Boost.Test contributors<p> 95 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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