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Re: Non-interactive testing
From: |
Ben Elliston |
Subject: |
Re: Non-interactive testing |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:57:27 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
> Is DejaGnu appropriate for non-interactive app testing? I want to
> develop tests for an application that writes text files and writes
> very little to STDIN.
DejaGnu is used to test GNU tools like the compiler and assembler, so
yes!
> If so, can you point me to an example?
> If not, is there a standard tool available?
>
> What I want to do is, run a series of problems with different inputs and
> compare the outputs against verified outputs.
In that case, take a look at the GNU binutils testsuite (in
particular, for `gas'). This test harness assembles files,
disassembles them and checks for inconsistencies.
Cheers, Ben