aesubunit(1)

NAME
aesubunit - run SubUnit tests

SYNOPSIS
aesubunit [ option... ] filename...
aesubunit -Help
aesubunit -VERSion

DESCRIPTION
The aesubunit command is used to invoke tests via the http://www.robertcollins.net/unittest/subunit unit testing interface.

The shape of the external unittest should not need to be known a-priori.
After the test has run, tests should still exist as discrete objects, so that anything taking a reference to them doesn't get 50 copies of the same object.

The aesubunit command may be used to replace the
test_command or batch_test_command fields of the project configuration file.

  Control Protocol
The results of the test are obtained by examining the standard output of the tests as they run. The text is meant to be human readable, so that tests may run stand-alone.

Tests should ideally print a header of the form
    test
    testing
    test: test label
    testing: test label
A successful test will produce lines of the form
    success
    success:
    successful test label
    successful: test label
A test failure will produce text of the form
    failure test label failure: test label failure test label [ ] failure: test label [ ]
The square brackets indicate text which may describe the test in more detail. It will be printed on the standartd output by the aesubunit program.

A test which produces no result (neither succes nor failure) uses the following forms
    error: test label error: test label [ ]
In general, unexpected output from the test will be sent through to the aesubunit standard output.

If a subunit test terminates with an exit status other than zero, this is taken to be a no result indication for that test.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood:

-Batch
    This option may be useed to specify that a batch test should be performed, and produce results in the appropriate form.