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37 .Nm ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG ,
39 .Nm ATF_CHECK_MATCH_MSG ,
41 .Nm ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG ,
46 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG ,
47 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH ,
48 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH_MSG ,
49 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ ,
50 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG ,
51 .Nm ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO ,
54 .Nm ATF_TC_BODY_NAME ,
56 .Nm ATF_TC_CLEANUP_NAME ,
58 .Nm ATF_TC_HEAD_NAME ,
60 .Nm ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP ,
61 .Nm ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD ,
64 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var ,
65 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var_wd ,
66 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool ,
67 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool_wd ,
68 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long ,
69 .Nm atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long_wd ,
71 .Nm atf_tc_expect_death ,
72 .Nm atf_tc_expect_exit ,
73 .Nm atf_tc_expect_fail ,
74 .Nm atf_tc_expect_pass ,
75 .Nm atf_tc_expect_signal ,
76 .Nm atf_tc_expect_timeout ,
78 .Nm atf_tc_fail_nonfatal ,
81 .Nm atf_utils_cat_file ,
82 .Nm atf_utils_compare_file ,
83 .Nm atf_utils_copy_file ,
84 .Nm atf_utils_create_file ,
85 .Nm atf_utils_file_exists ,
87 .Nm atf_utils_free_charpp ,
88 .Nm atf_utils_grep_file ,
89 .Nm atf_utils_grep_string ,
90 .Nm atf_utils_readline ,
91 .Nm atf_utils_redirect ,
93 .Nd C API to write ATF-based test programs
96 .Fn ATF_CHECK "expression"
97 .Fn ATF_CHECK_MSG "expression" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
98 .Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ "expression_1" "expression_2"
99 .Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG "expression_1" "expression_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
100 .Fn ATF_CHECK_MATCH "regexp" "string"
101 .Fn ATF_CHECK_MATCH_MSG "regexp" "string" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
102 .Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ "string_1" "string_2"
103 .Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG "string_1" "string_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
104 .Fn ATF_CHECK_ERRNO "exp_errno" "bool_expression"
105 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE "expression"
106 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MSG "expression" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
107 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ "expression_1" "expression_2"
108 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG "expression_1" "expression_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
109 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH "regexp" "string"
110 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH_MSG "regexp" "string" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
111 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ "string_1" "string_2"
112 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG "string_1" "string_2" "fail_msg_fmt" ...
113 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO "exp_errno" "bool_expression"
115 .Fn ATF_TC_BODY "name" "tc"
116 .Fn ATF_TC_BODY_NAME "name"
117 .Fn ATF_TC_CLEANUP "name" "tc"
118 .Fn ATF_TC_CLEANUP_NAME "name"
119 .Fn ATF_TC_HEAD "name" "tc"
120 .Fn ATF_TC_HEAD_NAME "name"
121 .Fn ATF_TC_NAME "name"
122 .Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP "name"
123 .Fn ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD "name"
124 .Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TC "tp_name" "tc_name"
125 .Fn ATF_TP_ADD_TCS "tp_name"
126 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var "tc" "varname"
127 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_wd "tc" "variable_name" "default_value"
128 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool "tc" "variable_name"
129 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool_wd "tc" "variable_name" "default_value"
130 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long "tc" "variable_name"
131 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long_wd "tc" "variable_name" "default_value"
133 .Fn atf_tc_expect_death "reason" "..."
134 .Fn atf_tc_expect_exit "exitcode" "reason" "..."
135 .Fn atf_tc_expect_fail "reason" "..."
136 .Fn atf_tc_expect_pass
137 .Fn atf_tc_expect_signal "signo" "reason" "..."
138 .Fn atf_tc_expect_timeout "reason" "..."
139 .Fn atf_tc_fail "reason"
140 .Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal "reason"
142 .Fn atf_tc_skip "reason"
144 .Fo atf_utils_cat_file
145 .Fa "const char *file"
146 .Fa "const char *prefix"
149 .Fo atf_utils_compare_file
150 .Fa "const char *file"
151 .Fa "const char *contents"
154 .Fo atf_utils_copy_file
155 .Fa "const char *source"
156 .Fa "const char *destination"
159 .Fo atf_utils_create_file
160 .Fa "const char *file"
161 .Fa "const char *contents"
165 .Fo atf_utils_file_exists
166 .Fa "const char *file"
173 .Fo atf_utils_free_charpp
177 .Fo atf_utils_grep_file
178 .Fa "const char *regexp"
179 .Fa "const char *file"
183 .Fo atf_utils_grep_string
184 .Fa "const char *regexp"
185 .Fa "const char *str"
189 .Fo atf_utils_readline
193 .Fo atf_utils_redirect
195 .Fa "const char *file"
199 .Fa "const pid_t pid"
200 .Fa "const int expected_exit_status"
201 .Fa "const char *expected_stdout"
202 .Fa "const char *expected_stderr"
205 ATF provides a C programming interface to implement test programs.
206 C-based test programs follow this template:
207 .Bd -literal -offset indent
208 .Ns ... C-specific includes go here ...
215 ... first test case's header ...
219 ... first test case's body ...
222 ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP(tc2);
225 ... second test case's header ...
229 ... second test case's body ...
231 ATF_TC_CLEANUP(tc2, tc)
233 ... second test case's cleanup ...
236 ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD(tc3);
239 ... third test case's body ...
242 .Ns ... additional test cases ...
246 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tcs, tc1);
247 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tcs, tc2);
248 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tcs, tc3);
249 ... add additional test cases ...
251 return atf_no_error();
254 .Ss Definition of test cases
255 Test cases have an identifier and are composed of three different parts:
256 the header, the body and an optional cleanup routine, all of which are
258 .Xr atf-test-case 4 .
259 To define test cases, one can use the
261 .Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP
263 .Fn ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD
264 macros, which take a single parameter specifiying the test case's name.
266 requires to define a head and a body for the test case,
267 .Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP
268 requires to define a head, a body and a cleanup for the test case and
269 .Fn ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD
270 requires only a body for the test case.
271 It is important to note that these
273 set the test case up for execution when the program is run.
274 In order to do so, a later registration is needed with the
277 .Sx Program initialization .
279 Later on, one must define the three parts of the body by means of three
281 Their headers are given by the
286 macros, all of which take the test case name provided to the
288 .Fn ATF_TC_WITH_CLEANUP ,
290 .Fn ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD
291 macros and the name of the variable that will hold a pointer to the
293 Following each of these, a block of code is expected, surrounded by the
294 opening and closing brackets.
295 .Ss Program initialization
296 The library provides a way to easily define the test program's
299 You should never define one on your own, but rely on the
300 library to do it for you.
301 This is done by using the
303 macro, which is passed the name of the object that will hold the test
304 cases; i.e. the test program instance.
305 This name can be whatever you want as long as it is a valid variable
308 After the macro, you are supposed to provide the body of a function, which
311 macro to register the test cases the test program will execute and return
312 a success error code.
313 The first parameter of this macro matches the name you provided in the
315 The success status can be returned using the
318 .Ss Header definitions
319 The test case's header can define the meta-data by using the
320 .Fn atf_tc_set_md_var
321 method, which takes three parameters: the first one points to the test
322 case data, the second one specifies the meta-data variable to be set
323 and the third one specifies its value.
324 Both of them are strings.
325 .Ss Configuration variables
326 The test case has read-only access to the current configuration variables
329 .Fn atf_tc_has_config_var ,
331 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var ,
333 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_wd ,
335 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool ,
337 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_bool_wd ,
339 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long ,
342 .Fn atf_tc_get_config_var_as_long_wd
343 functions, which can be called in any of the three parts of a test case.
347 variants take a default value for the variable which is returned if the
348 variable is not defined.
349 The other functions without the
353 the variable to be defined.
354 .Ss Access to the source directory
355 It is possible to get the path to the test case's source directory from any
356 of its three components by querying the
358 configuration variable.
359 .Ss Requiring programs
362 meta-data variable available in the header only, one can also check for
363 additional programs in the test case's body by using the
364 .Fn atf_tc_require_prog
365 function, which takes the base name or full path of a single binary.
366 Relative paths are forbidden.
367 If it is not found, the test case will be automatically skipped.
368 .Ss Test case finalization
369 The test case finalizes either when the body reaches its end, at which
370 point the test is assumed to have
372 unless any non-fatal errors were raised using
373 .Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal ,
374 or at any explicit call to
379 These three functions terminate the execution of the test case immediately.
380 The cleanup routine will be processed afterwards in a completely automated
381 way, regardless of the test case's termination reason.
384 does not take any parameters.
386 .Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal
389 take a format string and a variable list of parameters, which describe, in
390 a user-friendly manner, why the test case failed or was skipped,
392 It is very important to provide a clear error message in both cases so that
393 the user can quickly know why the test did not pass.
395 Everything explained in the previous section changes when the test case
396 expectations are redefined by the programmer.
398 Each test case has an internal state called
400 that describes what the test case expectations are at any point in time.
401 The value of this property can change during execution by any of:
402 .Bl -tag -width indent
403 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_death "reason" "..."
404 Expects the test case to exit prematurely regardless of the nature of the
406 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_exit "exitcode" "reason" "..."
407 Expects the test case to exit cleanly.
413 will validate that the exit code of the test case matches the one provided
415 Otherwise, the exact value will be ignored.
416 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_fail "reason" "..."
417 Any failure (be it fatal or non-fatal) raised in this mode is recorded.
418 However, such failures do not report the test case as failed; instead, the
419 test case finalizes cleanly and is reported as
420 .Sq expected failure ;
421 this report includes the provided
424 If no error is raised while running in this mode, then the test case is
428 This mode is useful to reproduce actual known bugs in tests.
429 Whenever the developer fixes the bug later on, the test case will start
430 reporting a failure, signaling the developer that the test case must be
431 adjusted to the new conditions.
432 In this situation, it is useful, for example, to set
434 as the bug number for tracking purposes.
435 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_pass
436 This is the normal mode of execution.
437 In this mode, any failure is reported as such to the user and the test case
440 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_signal "signo" "reason" "..."
441 Expects the test case to terminate due to the reception of a signal.
447 will validate that the signal that terminated the test case matches the one
448 provided in this call.
449 Otherwise, the exact value will be ignored.
450 .It Fn atf_tc_expect_timeout "reason" "..."
451 Expects the test case to execute for longer than its timeout.
453 .Ss Helper macros for common checks
454 The library provides several macros that are very handy in multiple
456 These basically check some condition after executing a given statement or
457 processing a given expression and, if the condition is not met, they
458 report the test case as failed.
462 variant of the macros immediately abort the test case as soon as an error
463 condition is detected by calling the
466 Use this variant whenever it makes no sense to continue the execution of a
467 test case when the checked condition is not met.
470 variant, on the other hand, reports a failure as soon as it is encountered
472 .Fn atf_tc_fail_nonfatal
473 function, but the execution of the test case continues as if nothing had
475 Use this variant whenever the checked condition is important as a result of
476 the test case, but there are other conditions that can be subsequently
477 checked on the same run without aborting.
481 variants take an extra set of parameters to explicitly specify the failure
483 This failure message is formatted according to the
492 take an expression and fail if the expression evaluates to false.
495 .Fn ATF_CHECK_EQ_MSG ,
498 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_EQ_MSG
499 take two expressions and fail if the two evaluated values are not equal.
501 .Fn ATF_CHECK_MATCH ,
502 .Fn ATF_CHECK_MATCH_MSG ,
503 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH
505 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_MATCH_MSG
506 take a regular expression and a string and fail if the regular expression does
507 not match the given string.
508 Note that the regular expression is not anchored, so it will match anywhere in
511 .Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ ,
512 .Fn ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG ,
513 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ
515 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ_MSG
516 take two strings and fail if the two are not equal character by character.
520 .Fn ATF_REQUIRE_ERRNO
521 take, first, the error code that the check is expecting to find in the
523 variable and, second, a boolean expression that, if evaluates to true,
524 means that a call failed and
526 has to be checked against the first value.
527 .Ss Utility functions
528 The following functions are provided as part of the
530 API to simplify the creation of a variety of tests.
531 In particular, these are useful to write tests for command-line interfaces.
534 .Fo atf_utils_cat_file
535 .Fa "const char *file"
536 .Fa "const char *prefix"
538 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
539 Prints the contents of
541 to the standard output, prefixing every line with the string in
546 .Fo atf_utils_compare_file
547 .Fa "const char *file"
548 .Fa "const char *contents"
550 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
551 Returns true if the given
553 matches exactly the expected inlined
558 .Fo atf_utils_copy_file
559 .Fa "const char *source"
560 .Fa "const char *destination"
562 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
567 The permissions of the file are preserved during the code.
571 .Fo atf_utils_create_file
572 .Fa "const char *file"
573 .Fa "const char *contents"
576 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
579 with the text given in
581 which is a formatting string that uses the rest of the variable arguments.
585 .Fo atf_utils_file_exists
586 .Fa "const char *file"
588 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
598 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
599 Forks a process and redirects the standard output and standard error of the
600 child to files for later validation with
602 Fails the test case if the fork fails, so this does not return an error.
606 .Fo atf_utils_free_charpp
609 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
610 Frees a dynamically-allocated array of dynamically-allocated strings.
614 .Fo atf_utils_grep_file
615 .Fa "const char *regexp"
616 .Fa "const char *file"
619 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
622 which is a formatting string representing the regular expression,
625 The variable arguments are used to construct the regular expression.
629 .Fo atf_utils_grep_string
630 .Fa "const char *regexp"
631 .Fa "const char *str"
634 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
637 which is a formatting string representing the regular expression,
638 in the literal string
640 The variable arguments are used to construct the regular expression.
644 .Fo atf_utils_readline
647 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
648 Reads a line from the file descriptor
650 The line, if any, is returned as a dynamically-allocated buffer that must be
653 If there was nothing to read, returns
658 .Fo atf_utils_redirect
660 .Fa "const char *file"
662 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
663 Redirects the given file descriptor
667 This function exits the process in case of an error and does not properly mark
668 the test case as failed.
669 As a result, it should only be used in subprocesses of the test case; specially
676 .Fa "const pid_t pid"
677 .Fa "const int expected_exit_status"
678 .Fa "const char *expected_stdout"
679 .Fa "const char *expected_stderr"
681 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
682 Waits and validates the result of a subprocess spawned with
684 The validation involves checking that the subprocess exited cleanly and returned
685 the code specified in
686 .Fa expected_exit_status
687 and that its standard output and standard error match the strings given in
690 .Fa expected_stderr .
696 strings are prefixed with
698 then they specify the name of the file into which to store the stdout or stderr
699 of the subprocess, and no comparison is performed.
702 The following shows a complete test program with a single test case that
703 validates the addition operator:
704 .Bd -literal -offset indent
708 ATF_TC_HEAD(addition, tc)
710 atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
711 "Sample tests for the addition operator");
713 ATF_TC_BODY(addition, tc)
715 ATF_CHECK_EQ(0 + 0, 0);
716 ATF_CHECK_EQ(0 + 1, 1);
717 ATF_CHECK_EQ(1 + 0, 1);
719 ATF_CHECK_EQ(1 + 1, 2);
721 ATF_CHECK_EQ(100 + 200, 300);
724 ATF_TC(string_formatting);
725 ATF_TC_HEAD(string_formatting, tc)
727 atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
728 "Sample tests for the snprintf");
730 ATF_TC_BODY(string_formatting, tc)
733 snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "a %s", "string");
734 ATF_CHECK_STREQ_MSG("a string", buf, "%s is not working");
737 ATF_TC(open_failure);
738 ATF_TC_HEAD(open_failure, tc)
740 atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
741 "Sample tests for the open function");
743 ATF_TC_BODY(open_failure, tc)
745 ATF_CHECK_ERRNO(ENOENT, open("non-existent", O_RDONLY) == -1);
749 ATF_TC_HEAD(known_bug, tc)
751 atf_tc_set_md_var(tc, "descr",
752 "Reproduces a known bug");
754 ATF_TC_BODY(known_bug, tc)
756 atf_tc_expect_fail("See bug number foo/bar");
757 ATF_CHECK_EQ(3, 1 + 1);
758 atf_tc_expect_pass();
759 ATF_CHECK_EQ(3, 1 + 2);
764 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, addition);
765 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, string_formatting);
766 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, open_failure);
767 ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, known_bug);
769 return atf_no_error();
773 .Xr atf-test-program 1 ,
774 .Xr atf-test-case 4 ,