<type>documentation</type>
<domain>testing</domain>
<id>coverage</id>
<title>Coverage Data Files</title>
<date>$Date: 2006-05-24 22:53:07 -0400 (Wed, 24 May 2006) $</date>
<version>$Revision: 13098 $</version>
<product>pro+</product>

Wing stores coverage data files and associated temporary files in a directory named
``wingcoverage`` inside the ``Cache Directory`` shown in Wing's ``About`` box. This
directory may grow to be fairly large, depending on the size of your source base
and unit test suite.

The directory is cleared only after selecting ``Clear Coverage Data`` from the
``Testing`` menu, or after closing your project if the ``Clear Data on Project
Close`` option is enabled under the ``Testing`` tab in ``Project Properties``.

When using a remote host, data files are instead stored on the remote host inside
``~/.cache/.wingpro~~MAJOR_VERSION~~/wingcoverage``.

When using containers, the location of coverage data files is moved into a directory
called ``.wingcoverage`` at the top level of the container's first mapped directory. This
allows the data to persist between sessions, rather than being removed entirely each time
the container is terminated.  Other temporary files used by the code coverage feature
on containers are still placed into ``~/.cache/wingpro~~MAJOR_VERSION~~/wingcoverage``.  
These cease to exist each time the container is terminated.
