From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@...>
Date: 2005-10-30T19:51:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Running one test with test/unit

Chris Roos <chris@seagul.co.uk> writes:

> Hi,
>
> As per this page[1], it is possible to run one test from a testcase by
> using..
>
> # ruby [programfile] -n [testmethod]
>
> I'm probably missing something obvious but I really don't know why it
> works.  Can anyone shed some light?

test/unit simply parses ARGV.

#604<2|>lilith:~/projects/rightyear# ruby test_rightyear.rb --help
Test::Unit automatic runner.
Usage: test_rightyear.rb [options] [-- untouched arguments]
...
    -n, --name=NAME                  Runs tests matching NAME.
                                     (patterns may be used).
...

> Cheers,
> Chris
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