Another small test tweak.

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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.5 2006/10/31 11:37:47 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.8 2007/02/20 15:58:02 ph10 Exp $
 
 EXPORTABLE EXIM TEST SUITE
 --------------------------
 
 This document last updated for:
 
-Test Suite Version: 4.64
-Date: 31 October 2006
+Test Suite Version: 4.67
+Date: 20 February 2007
 
 
 BACKGROUND
@@ -436,7 +436,11 @@ bin/iefbr14        A program that does nothing, and returns 0. It's just like
 
 bin/loaded         Some dynamically loaded functions for testing dlfunc support.
 
-bin/server         A script-driven SMTP server simulation.
+bin/mtpscript      A script-driven SMTP/LMTP server simulation, on std{in,out}.
+
+bin/server         A script-driven SMTP server simulation, over a socket.
+
+bin/showids        Output the current uid, gid, euid, egid.
 
 The runtest script also makes use of a number of ordinary commands such as
 "cp", "kill", "more", and "rm", via the system() call. In some cases these are
@@ -633,6 +637,12 @@ The file remains locked with the following command (normally exim) is obeyed.
 This command runs the exinext utility with the given argument data.
 
 
+  exigrep <data>
+
+This command runs the exigrep utility with the given data (the search pattern)
+on the current mainlog file.
+
+
   gnutls
 
 This command is present at the start of all but one of the tests that use
@@ -755,9 +765,12 @@ as well as to the named file.
 
 This command runs the auxiliary "client" program that simulates an SMTP client.
 It is controlled by a script read from its standard input, details of which are
-given below. The only option is -t, which must be followed by a number, to
-specify the command timeout in seconds. The program connects to the given IP
-address and port, using the specified interface, if one is given.
+given below. There are two options. One is -t, which must be followed directly
+by a number, to specify the command timeout in seconds (e.g. -t5). The default
+timeout is 1 second. The other option is -tls-on-connect, which causes the
+client to try to start up a TLS session as soon as it has connected, without
+using the STARTTLS command. The client program connects to the given IP address
+and port, using the specified interface, if one is given.
 
 
   client-ssl [<options>] <ip address> <port> [<outgoing interface>] \
@@ -951,7 +964,7 @@ are of the following kinds:
     may start with '<', which is not taken as part of the input data. If the
     input does not match, the server bombs out with an error message.
 
-Here is a simple server example:
+Here is a simple example of server use in a test script:
 
   server PORT_S
   220 Greetings
@@ -974,6 +987,11 @@ After a "server" command in a test script, the server runs in parallel until an
 messages to port PORT_S on the local host. When it has finished, the test
 script waits for the "server" process to finish.
 
+The "mtpscript" program is like "server", except that it uses stdin/stdout for
+its input and output instead of a script. However, it is not called from test
+scripts; instead it is used as the command for pipe transports in some
+configurations, to simulate non-socket LMTP servers.
+
 
 AUXILIARY DATA FILES
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