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31.Dd February 6, 2011
32.Dt ATF-TEST-PROGRAM 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm atf-test-program
36.Nd common interface to ATF test programs
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl r Ar resfile
40.Op Fl s Ar srcdir
41.Op Fl v Ar var1=value1 Op .. Fl v Ar varN=valueN
42.Ar test_case
43.Nm
44.Fl l
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Test programs written using the ATF libraries all share a common user
47interface, which is what this manual page describes.
48.Em NOTE: There is no binary known as
49.Nm ;
50.Em what is described in this manual page is the command-line interface
51.Em exposed by the atf-c, atf-c++ and atf-sh bindings .
52.Pp
53In the first synopsis form, the test program will execute the provided
54test case and print its results to the standard output, unless otherwise
55stated by the
56.Fl r
57flag.
58Optionally, the test case name can be suffixed by
59.Sq :cleanup ,
60in which case the cleanup routine of the test case will be executed
61instead of the test case body; see
62.Xr atf-test-case 4 .
63Note that the test case is
64.Em executed without isolation ,
65so it can and probably will create and modify files in the current directory.
66To execute test cases in a controller manner, refer to
67.Xr atf-run 1 ,
68which is the preferred way to run test cases.
69You should only execute test cases by hand for debugging purposes.
70.Pp
71In the second synopsis form, the test program will list all available
72test cases alongside their meta-data properties in a format that is
73machine parseable.
74This list is processed by
75.Xr atf-run 1
76to know how to execute the test cases of a given test program.
77.Pp
78The following options are available:
79.Bl -tag -width XvXvarXvalueXX
80.It Fl l
81Lists available test cases alongside a brief description for each of them.
82.It Fl r Ar resfile
83Specifies the file that will receive the test case result.
84If not specified, the test case prints its results to stdout.
85If the result of a test case needs to be parsed by another program, you must
86use this option to redirect the result to a file and then read the resulting
87file from the other program.
88Note:
89.Em do not try to process the stdout of the test case
90because your program may break in the future.
91.It Fl s Ar srcdir
92The path to the directory where the test program is located.
93This is needed in all cases, except when the test program is being executed
94from the current directory.
95The test program will use this path to locate any helper data files or
96utilities.
97.It Fl v Ar var=value
98Sets the configuration variable
99.Ar var
100to the value
101.Ar value .
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr atf-run 1 ,
105.Xr atf 7
106