nihtest-config —
testing tool configuration file format
nihtest(1) is a testing tool. It reads a
configuration file to get its default settings. The default path for the file
is nihtest.conf in the current directory; this can be
overridden with nihtest(1)'s
-C flag. This man page describes the format of this
configuration file.
The following commands are recognized:
default-program
program- Test program if no
program
directive is found in the test.
file-compare
test-extension source-extension command
[args ...]- When comparing files after test runs, use command
with argument args for files where the file in the
sandbox ends with the extension text-extension or
the file to compare against ends with the extension
source-extension. I.e., the complete command line
used will be:
command args ... expected-file
test-result
keep-sandbox- Describe when to keep the sandbox (i.e., not delete it) after running the
test. The following values are supported:
never- Never keep the sandbox.
failed- Keep the sandbox when the test failed.
always- Always keep the sandbox.
This can be overridden with the
nihtest(1) flags
- -keep-broken or
--no-cleanup. The default
is never.
print-results- Describe when to print the test results verbosely. The following values
are supported:
This can be overridden with the
nihtest(1) flags
- -quiet or
--verbose. The default is
failed.
sandbox-directory
directory- Create sandboxes in directory. By default, the
sandboxes will be created in the current directory. A random directory of
the pattern sandbox_* will be used.
source-directory
directory- nihtest(1) searches the current
directory and directory for test cases, input and
output files.
top-build-directory
directory- Where to look for the config.h file that defines
the available features. See the
features command
in nihtest-case(5).