From: "R.. Kumar" <sentinel1879@...>
Date: 2010-06-19T14:05:24+09:00
Subject: Re: What kind of testing for executables?

Thomas Sawyer wrote:
> What kind of testing is it when you test a projects executables:
> system/functional or integration?

Is this about the terminology ?

I'd like to know what tools are being used for testing command-line 
programs ?

I looked around to see samples of shoulda in command line gems but could 
not find any. Currently, I am using a shell program (without a name or 
repo) written by the git people (Junio Hamano) to test git. I used it to 
test a shell app I wrote, and now I an using it for a ruby command line 
app.

Sadly, it compares the standard output of a program - expected vs 
actual. Which means every time I tweak or improve the output, my tests 
fail. It ignores stderr. But otherwise it serves my purpose a lot -- far 
better than no auto testing.

If this is OT, I could start a new thread for that.
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