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6 runprove -- A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Run
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9 runprove [options] [files/directories]
10 Options:
12 -b, --blib Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la "use blib".
14 -d, --debug Includes extra debugging information.
15 -D, --dry Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don't run them.
16 --ext=x Extensions (defaults to .t)
17 -h, --help Display this help
18 -H, --man Longer manpage for runprove
19 -I Add libraries to @INC, as Perl's -I
20 -l, --lib Add lib to the path for your tests.
21 -r, --recurse Recursively descend into directories.
22 -s, --shuffle Run the tests in a random order.
23 -T Enable tainting checks
24 -t Enable tainting warnings
25 --timer Print elapsed time after each test file
26 -v, --verbose Display standard output of test scripts while running them.
27 -V, --version Display version info
28 Single-character options may be stacked. Default options may be set by
30 specifying the PROVE_SWITCHES environment variable.
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33 runprove is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality
34 of "Test::Run". With no arguments, it will run all tests in the
35 current directory.
36 Shell metacharacters may be used with command lines options and will be
38 exanded via "glob".
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41 runprove has a number of advantages over "make test" when doing
42 development.
43 • runprove is designed as a development tool
45 Perl users typically run the test harness through a makefile via
47 "make test". That's fine for module distributions, but it's
48 suboptimal for a test/code/debug development cycle.
49 • runprove is granular
51 runprove let your run only the files you want to check. Running
53 "runprove t/live/ t/master.t" checks every *.t in t/live, plus
54 t/master.t.
55 • prove has an easy verbose mode
57 runprove has a "-v" option to see the raw output from the tests.
59 To do this with "make test", you must set "HARNESS_VERBOSE=1" in
60 the environment.
61 • runprove can run under taint mode
63 runprove's "-T" runs your tests under "perl -T", and "-t" runs them
65 under "perl -t".
66 • runprove can shuffle tests
68 You can use runprove's "--shuffle" option to try to excite problems
70 that don't show up when tests are run in the same order every time.
71 • runprove doesn't rely on a make tool
73 Not everyone wants to write a makefile, or use ExtUtils::MakeMaker
75 to do so. runprove has no external dependencies.
76 • Not everything is a module
78 More and more users are using Perl's testing tools outside the
80 context of a module distribution, and may not even use a makefile
81 at all.
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84 -b, --blib
85 Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la "use blib".
86 -d, --debug
88 Include debug information about how runprove is being run. This option
89 doesn't show the output from the test scripts. That's handled by
90 -v,--verbose.
91 -D, --dry
93 Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don't run them.
94 --ext=extension
96 Specify extensions of the test files to run. By default, these are .t,
97 but you may have other non-.t test files, most likely .sh shell
98 scripts. The --ext is repeatable.
99 -I
101 Add libraries to @INC, as Perl's -I.
102 -l, --lib
104 Add "lib" to @INC. Equivalent to "-Ilib".
105 -r, --recurse
107 Descends into subdirectories of any directories specified, looking for
108 tests.
109 -s, --shuffle
111 Sometimes tests are accidentally dependent on tests that have been run
112 before. This switch will shuffle the tests to be run prior to running
113 them, thus ensuring that hidden dependencies in the test order are
114 likely to be revealed. The author hopes the run the algorithm on the
115 preceding sentence to see if he can produce something slightly less
116 awkward.
117 -t
119 Runs test programs under perl's -t taint warning mode.
120 -T
122 Runs test programs under perl's -T taint mode.
123 --timer
125 Print elapsed time after each test file
126 -v, --verbose
128 Display standard output of test scripts while running them. Also sets
129 TEST_VERBOSE in case your tests rely on them.
130 -V, --version
132 Display version info.
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135 Please report any bugs or feature requests to
136 "bug-test-run-cmdline@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
137 <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Run-CmdLine>. I
138 will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress
139 on your bug as I make changes.
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142 • Shuffled tests must be recreatable
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145 Andy Lester "<andy@petdance.com>" (Adapted to runprove by Shlomi Fish,
146 <http://www.shlomifish.org/> ).
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149 Copyright 2005 by Andy Lester "<andy@petdance.com>".
150 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
152 under the same terms as Perl itself.
153 See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.
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