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29.Dd June 18, 2010
30.Dt ATF-TEST-PROGRAM 1
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm atf-test-program
34.Nd common interface to ATF test programs
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl r Ar resfile
38.Op Fl s Ar srcdir
39.Op Fl v Ar var1=value1 Op .. Fl v Ar varN=valueN
40.Ar test_case
41.Nm
42.Fl l
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Test programs written using the ATF libraries all share a common user
45interface, which is what this manual page describes.
46.Pp
47In the first synopsis form, the test program will execute the provided
48test case and print its results to the standard output, unless otherwise
49stated by the
50.Fl r
51flag.
52Optionally, the test case name can be suffixed by
53.Sq :cleanup ,
54in which case the cleanup routine of the test case will be executed
55instead of the test case body; see
56.Xr atf-test-case 4 .
57Note that the test case is
58.Em executed without isolation ,
59so it can and probably will create and modify files in the current directory.
60To execute test cases in a controller manner, refer to
61.Xr atf-run 1 ,
62which is the preferred way to run test cases.
63You should only execute test cases by hand for debugging purposes.
64.Pp
65In the second synopsis form, the test program will list all available
66test cases alongside their meta-data properties in a format that is
67machine parseable.
68This list is processed by
69.Xr atf-run 1
70to know how to execute the test cases of a given test program.
71.Pp
72The following options are available:
73.Bl -tag -width XvXvarXvalueXX
74.It Fl l
75Lists available test cases alongside a brief description for each of them.
76.It Fl r Ar resfile
77Specifies the file that will receive the test case result.
78If not specified, the test case prints its results to stdout.
79If the result of a test case needs to be parsed by another program, you must
80use this option to redirect the result to a file and then read the resulting
81file from the other program.
82Note:
83.Em do not try to process the stdout of the test case
84because your program may break in the future.
85.It Fl s Ar srcdir
86The path to the directory where the test program is located.
87This is needed in all cases, except when the test program is being executed
88from the current directory.
89The test program will use this path to locate any helper data files or
90utilities.
91.It Fl v Ar var=value
92Sets the configuration variable
93.Ar var
94to the value
95.Ar value .
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr atf-run 1 ,
99.Xr atf 7
100