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1 '''
2 Tests for commands module
3 Nick Mathewson
4 '''
5 import unittest
6 import os, tempfile, re
8 from test.test_support import TestSkipped, run_unittest
9 from commands import *
11 # The module says:
12 # "NB This only works (and is only relevant) for UNIX."
14 # Actually, getoutput should work on any platform with an os.popen, but
15 # I'll take the comment as given, and skip this suite.
17 if os.name != 'posix':
18 raise TestSkipped('Not posix; skipping test_commands')
21 class CommandTests(unittest.TestCase):
23 def test_getoutput(self):
24 self.assertEquals(getoutput('echo xyzzy'), 'xyzzy')
25 self.assertEquals(getstatusoutput('echo xyzzy'), (0, 'xyzzy'))
27 # we use mkdtemp in the next line to create an empty directory
28 # under our exclusive control; from that, we can invent a pathname
29 # that we _know_ won't exist. This is guaranteed to fail.
30 dir = None
31 try:
32 dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
33 name = os.path.join(dir, "foo")
35 status, output = getstatusoutput('cat ' + name)
36 self.assertNotEquals(status, 0)
37 finally:
38 if dir is not None:
39 os.rmdir(dir)
41 def test_getstatus(self):
42 # This pattern should match 'ls -ld /.' on any posix
43 # system, however perversely configured. Even on systems
44 # (e.g., Cygwin) where user and group names can have spaces:
45 # drwxr-xr-x 15 Administ Domain U 4096 Aug 12 12:50 /
46 # drwxr-xr-x 15 Joe User My Group 4096 Aug 12 12:50 /
47 # Note that the first case above has a space in the group name
48 # while the second one has a space in both names.
49 pat = r'''d......... # It is a directory.
50 \+? # It may have ACLs.
51 \s+\d+ # It has some number of links.
52 [^/]* # Skip user, group, size, and date.
53 /\. # and end with the name of the file.
54 '''
56 self.assert_(re.match(pat, getstatus("/."), re.VERBOSE))
59 def test_main():
60 run_unittest(CommandTests)
63 if __name__ == "__main__":
64 test_main()