From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-07-09T03:37:21+09:00
Subject: Integrations tests and $:

Hi:

I have been writing unit tests lately and
I have set up my local directory structure
to be parallel to what the install directory
structure is. This way, I can test new code
while old code is still installed and available
for people to execute.

For example, my test_all.rb starts like this:

    $:.unshift("../lib")
    require 'tc_myclass'

And, away it goes.

Now, I have moved on to integration testing
and am testing ruby applications. The problem
is that when I execute the system call
to run the integration test, I lose the $:.unshift
results.

In other words

    $:.unshift("../lib")
    system("myapp") 

does not work since $: will not have "../lib".


I have tried the following:

    system("ruby -r ../lib myapp")

but get the error:

   No such file to load -- ../lib (LoadError)

I think this should be trivial to solve, but right
now I'm not having any luck. Can anyone suggest
some solutions?

Thanks

-- 
Jim Freeze
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