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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script builds the code coverage of the testsuite.
+# The shadow utils must have been compiled with -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
+
+cd ../build/shadow-4.1.0/
+rm -rf ../coverage
+mkdir ../coverage
+lcov --directory . --capture --output-file=lcov.data
+
+genhtml --frames --output-directory ../coverage/ --show-details lcov.data