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29.Dd May 10, 2023
30.Dt ATF-CHECK 1
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm atf-check
34.Nd executes a command and analyzes its results
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl s Ar qual:value
38.Op Fl o Ar action:arg ...
39.Op Fl e Ar action:arg ...
40.Op Fl x
41.Ar command
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm
44executes a given command and analyzes its results, including
45exit code, stdout and stderr.
46.Pp
47.Nm
48will execute the provided command and apply checks specified
49by arguments.
50By default it will act as if it was run with
51.Fl s
52.Ar exit:0
53.Fl o
54.Ar empty
55.Fl e
56.Ar empty .
57Multiple checks for the same output channel are allowed and, if specified,
58their results will be combined as a logical and (meaning that the output must
59match all the provided checks).
60.Pp
61The following options are available:
62.Bl -tag  -width XqualXvalueXX
63.It Fl s Ar qual:value
64Analyzes termination status.
65Must be one of:
66.Bl -tag -width signal:<value> -compact
67.It Ar exit:<value>
68checks that the program exited cleanly and that its exit status is equal to
69.Va value .
70The exit code can be omitted altogether, in which case any clean exit is
71accepted.
72.It Ar ignore
73ignores the exit check.
74.It Ar signal:<value>
75checks that the program exited due to a signal and that the signal that
76terminated it is
77.Va value .
78The signal can be specified both as a number or as a name, or it can also
79be omitted altogether, in which case any signal is accepted.
80.El
81.Pp
82Most of these checkers can be prefixed by the
83.Sq not-
84string, which effectively reverses the check.
85.It Fl o Ar action:arg
86Analyzes standard output.
87Must be one of:
88.Bl -tag -width inline:<value> -compact
89.It Ar empty
90checks that stdout is empty
91.It Ar ignore
92ignores stdout
93.It Ar file:<path>
94compares stdout with given file
95.It Ar inline:<value>
96compares stdout with inline value
97.It Ar match:<regexp>
98looks for a regular expression in stdout
99.It Ar save:<path>
100saves stdout to given file
101.El
102.Pp
103Most of these checkers can be prefixed by the
104.Sq not-
105string, which effectively reverses the check.
106.It Fl e Ar action:arg
107Analyzes standard error (syntax identical to above)
108.It Fl x
109Executes
110.Ar command
111as a shell command line, executing it with the system shell defined by
112.Va ATF_SHELL
113in
114.Xr atf-config 1 .
115You should avoid using this flag if at all possible to prevent shell quoting
116issues.
117.El
118.Sh EXIT STATUS
119.Nm
120exits 0 on success, and other (unspecified) value on failure.
121.Sh EXAMPLES
122.Bd -literal -offset indent
123# Exit code 0, nothing on stdout/stderr
124atf-check 'true'
125
126# Typical usage if failure is expected
127atf-check -s not-exit:0 'false'
128
129# Checking stdout/stderr
130echo foobar >expout
131atf-check -o file:expout -e inline:"xx\etyy\en" \e
132    'echo foobar ; printf "xx\etyy\en" >&2'
133
134# Checking for a crash
135atf-check -s signal:sigsegv my_program
136
137# Combined checks
138atf-check -o match:foo -o not-match:bar echo foo baz
139.Ed
140.Sh SEE ALSO
141.Xr atf-config 1 ,
142.Xr atf 7
143