# The expected output may contain:
# OPTION list of options
# OPTIONS list of options
-# PREFIX
-# indicates that the supplied output is only a prefix to the
-# expected output
#
# The possible options for OPTION may be:
# regex - the expected output is a regular expression
# If the actual output contains a line "SKIPPED" the test will be
# skipped.
#
+# If the actual output contains a line "PREFIX", any output starting with that
+# line will be ignored when comparing with the expected output
+#
# If the global variable $FATAL is true then OPTION fatal is the
# default.