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| author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2011-08-29 20:37:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2011-08-29 20:37:45 +0100 |
| commit | cd449e243c8e1945c0b148332cb5e2f2773bd697 (patch) | |
| tree | 71b44a388010108230937e1faa2da3813110d408 /README | |
| parent | d818e696335a0505d323393597180038a295714b (diff) | |
| download | cmdtest-cd449e243c8e1945c0b148332cb5e2f2773bd697.tar.gz | |
Add foo.script to README.
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 |
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@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Each test case consists of: * a set of command line arguments, not including the command name (`foo.args`) - each argument is on its own line +* alternatively, a script to run the command, in case that's easier + (`foo.script`) * the file fed to standard input (`foo.stdin`) * the expected output to the standard output (`foo.stdout`) * the expected output to the standard error (`foo.stderr`) @@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ or several such directories, and it does the following: - execute `setup` - execute `foo.setup` - execute the command, giving it command line arguments from - `foo.args`, and redirecting standard input to come from `foo.stdin` + `foo.args`, or by running `foo.script`, + and redirecting standard input to come from `foo.stdin` - capture standard output and error and exit codes - execute `foo.teardown` - execute `teardown` @@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ to achieve. The shell scripts may use the following environment variables: * `DATADIR`: a temporary directory where files may be created by the test +* `COMMAND`: the command to be run; it is an absolute pathname In addition, the `foo.args` files can use Pythonic string expansion: |