diff --git a/tools/parse_test_results.py b/tools/parse_test_results.py
index 42771a800..64e121d5f 100755
--- a/tools/parse_test_results.py
+++ b/tools/parse_test_results.py
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ def style_output(o):
 			ret += '<span class="test-error">%s</span>\n' % l
 		elif '**passed**' in l:
 			ret += '<span class="test-pass">%s</span>\n' % l
-		elif ': error: ' in l or ': fatal error: ' in l:
+		elif ': error: ' in l or ': fatal error: ' in l or ' : fatal error ' in l or \
+			'failed to write output file' in l:
 			ret += '<span class="compile-error">%s</span>\n' % l
-		elif ': warning: ' in l:
+		elif ': warning: ' in l or ') : warning C' in l:
 			ret += '<span class="compile-warning">%s</span>\n' % l
 		elif l == '====== END OUTPUT ======' and not subtle:
 			ret += '<span class="subtle">%s\n' % l
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ if not need_refresh:
 #         test_primitives: {
 #           output: ...
 #           status: 1
-#           warnings: 21
 #         }
 #       }
 #     }
diff --git a/tools/run_regression_tests.py b/tools/run_regression_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2863e8de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_regression_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/python
+
+import run_tests
+import os
+import time
+
+# returns a list of new revisions
+def svn_fetch():
+
+	current_version = run_tests.svn_info()[0]
+
+	p = subprocess.Popen(['svn', 'up'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+	revision = -1
+
+	output = ''
+	for l in p.stdout:
+		if 'At revision ' in l:
+			revision = int(l.split(':')[1].strip())
+		output += l
+
+	if revision == -1:
+		print '\n\nsvn update failed\n\n%s' % ouput
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+	return range(current_version + 1, revision + 1)
+
+def svn_up(revision):
+	os.system('svn up %d' % revision)
+
+def print_usage():
+	print '''usage: run_regression_tests.py remote-path [options] toolset [toolset...]
+
+toolset are bjam toolsets. For instance clang, gcc, darwin, msvc etc.
+remote-path is an scp path where the results are copied. This path has
+the form: user@hostname:/path
+
+options:
+
+   -j<n>    use n parallel processes for running tests
+'''
+
+
+def loop():
+	while True:
+		revs = svn_fetch()
+		# reverse the list to always run the tests for the
+		# latest version first, then fill in with the history
+		revs.reverse()
+
+		if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+			print_usage()
+			sys.exit(1)
+
+		remote_path = sys.argv[1]
+		root_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'regression_tests')
+
+		for r in revs:
+			print '\n\nREVISION %d ===\n' % r
+			svn_up(r)
+	
+			run_tests.main(sys.argv[2:])
+	
+			os.system('scp -r %s %s' % (os.path.join(root_path, '%d' % r), remote_path))
+
+		time.sleep(120)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	loop()
diff --git a/tools/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests.py
index 93d5959e8..cf19c094b 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests.py
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ def run_tests(toolset, tests, features, options, test_dir):
 	for t in tests:
 		p = subprocess.Popen(['bjam', '--out-xml=%s' % xml_file, toolset, t] + options + features.split(' '), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 		output = ''
-		warnings = 0
 		for l in p.stdout:
-			if 'warning: ' in l: warnings += 1
 			output += l
 		p.wait()
 
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ def run_tests(toolset, tests, features, options, test_dir):
 		try: os.unlink(xml_file)
 		except: pass
 
-		r = { 'status': p.returncode, 'output': output, 'warnings': warnings, 'command': command }
+		r = { 'status': p.returncode, 'output': output, 'command': command }
 		results[t + '|' + features] = r
 
 		fail_color = '\033[31;1m'
@@ -136,9 +134,9 @@ def run_tests(toolset, tests, features, options, test_dir):
 			pass_color == ''
 			end_seq = ''
 
-		print '%s [%s] [%s]' % (t, toolset, features),
-		if p.returncode == 0: print pass_color + 'PASSED' + end_seq
-		else: print fail_color + 'FAILED' + end_seq
+		if p.returncode == 0: sys.stdout.write('.')
+		else: sys.stdout.write('X')
+		sys.stdout.flush()
 
 	return (toolset, results)
 
@@ -149,13 +147,13 @@ options:
 -h        prints this message and exits
 '''
 
-def main():
+def main(argv):
 
 	toolsets = []
 
 	num_processes = 4
 
-	for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+	for arg in argv:
 		if arg[0] == '-':
 			if arg[1] == 'j':
 				num_processes = int(arg[2:])
@@ -209,8 +207,8 @@ def main():
 
 	print '%d - %s - %s' % (revision, author, timestamp)
 
-	print 'toolsets: ', toolsets
-	print 'configs: ', configs
+	print 'toolsets: %s' % ' '.join(toolsets)
+#	print 'configs: %s' % '|'.join(configs)
 
 	rev_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'regression_tests')
 	try: os.mkdir(rev_dir)
@@ -236,7 +234,6 @@ def main():
 		print 'found %d tests' % len(tests)
 
 		for toolset in toolsets:
-			print 'toolset %s' % toolset
 			results = {}
 			toolset_found = False
 
@@ -258,5 +255,5 @@ def main():
 			f.close()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main(sys.argv[1:])