From: Chris McMahon <christopher.mcmahon@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T07:05:15+09:00
Subject: run test scripts concurrently

I've been futzing with this for some time and I am out of ideas.
I have a number of files named "test_something.rb" that each contain
one test like so:

class TC_foo < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_foo
#do some stuff
#assert some things
end
end

I have a little harness that runs them one after another like so:

topdir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__))
Dir.chdir topdir do
  tests = Dir["test*"]
  tests.each{|x| require x}
end

But I would like to be able to run each individual script file in it's
own process simultaneously.  I have been fooling around with
Thread.new, system(), exec(), and it seems that no matter what I try,
each script file has to finish before the next one will run.

Any suggestions for running all of my test files at the same time from
one controller/harness?