6:  "abort",
	7:  "emulation Trap",
	8:  "arithmetic Exception",
	9:  "killed",
	10: "bus Error",
	11: "segmentation Fault",
	12: "bad System Call",
	13: "broken Pipe",
	14: "alarm Clock",
	15: "terminated",
	16: "user Signal 1",
	17: "user Signal 2",
	18: "child Status Changed",
	19: "power-Fail/Restart",
	20: "window Size Change",
	21: "urgent Socket Condition",

}

var (
	testArgs []string
	pkgArgs  []string
	pkgs     []*load.Package

	testHelp bool // -help option passed to test via -args

	testKillTimeout    = 100 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour // backup alarm; defaults to about a century if no timeout is set
	testWaitDelay      time.Duration                // how long to wait for output to close after a test binary exits; zero means unlimited

			return path
		}
	}
	if os.IsPathSeparator(path[0]) {
		return path
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%c%s", *outputDir, os.PathSeparator, path)
}

// startAlarm starts an alarm if requested.
func (m *M) startAlarm() time.Time {
	if *timeout <= 0 {
		return time.Time{}
	}

	deadline := time.Now().Add(*timeout)
	m.timer = time.AfterFunc(*timeout, func() {
		m.after()