NAME
prove -- A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness
SYNOPSIS
prove [options] [files/directories]
Options:
-b, --blib Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la "use blib".
-d, --debug Includes extra debugging information.
-D, --dry Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don't run them.
--ext=x Extensions (defaults to .t)
-h, --help Display this help
-H, --man Longer manpage for prove
-I Add libraries to @INC, as Perl's -I
-l, --lib Add lib to the path for your tests.
-r, --recurse Recursively descend into directories.
-s, --shuffle Run the tests in a random order.
-T Enable tainting checks
-t Enable tainting warnings
--timer Print elapsed time after each test file
-v, --verbose Display standard output of test scripts while running them.
-V, --version Display version info
Single-character options may be stacked. Default options may be set by
specifying the \s-1PROVE_SWITCHES\s0 environment variable.
OVERVIEW
prove is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality
of CWTest::Harness. With no arguments, it will run all tests in the
current directory.
Shell metacharacters may be used with command lines options and will be exanded
via CWglob.
prove has a number of advantages over CWmake test when doing development.
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Perl users typically run the test harness through a makefile via
CWmake test. That's fine for module distributions, but it's
suboptimal for a test/code/debug development cycle.
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prove lets your run against only the files you want to check.
Running CWprove t/live/ t/master.t checks every *.t in t/live,
plus t/master.t.
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prove has a CW-v option to see the raw output from the tests.
To do this with CWmake test, you must set CWHARNESS_VERBOSE=1 in
the environment.
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prove's CW-T runs your tests under CWperl -T, and CW-t runs them
under CWperl -t.
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You can use prove's CW--shuffle option to try to excite problems
that don't show up when tests are run in the same order every time.
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Not everyone wants to write a makefile, or use ExtUtils::MakeMaker
to do so. prove has no external dependencies.
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More and more users are using Perl's testing tools outside the
context of a module distribution, and may not even use a makefile
at all.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-b, --blib
Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la “use blib”.
-d, --debug
Include debug information about how prove is being run. This
option doesn't show the output from the test scripts. That's handled
by -v,--verbose.
-D, --dry
Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don't run them.
--ext=extension
Specify extensions of the test files to run. By default, these are .t,
but you may have other non-.t test files, most likely .sh shell scripts.
The --ext is repeatable.
-I
Add libraries to CW@INC, as Perl's -I.
-l, --lib
Add CWlib to CW@INC. Equivalent to CW-Ilib.
-r, --recurse
Descends into subdirectories of any directories specified, looking for tests.
-s, --shuffle
Sometimes tests are accidentally dependent on tests that have been
run before. This switch will shuffle the tests to be run prior to
running them, thus ensuring that hidden dependencies in the test
order are likely to be revealed. The author hopes the run the
algorithm on the preceding sentence to see if he can produce something
slightly less awkward.
-t
Runs test programs under perl's -t taint warning mode.
-T
Runs test programs under perl's -T taint mode.
--timer
Print elapsed time after each test file
-v, --verbose
Display standard output of test scripts while running them. Also sets
\s-1TEST_VERBOSE\s0 in case your tests rely on them.
-V, --version
Display version info.
BUGS
Please use the \s-1CPAN\s0 bug ticketing system at <http://rt.cpan.org/>.
You can also mail bugs, fixes and enhancements to
CW<bug-test-harness@rt.cpan.org>.
TODO
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Shuffled tests must be recreatable
AUTHORS
Andy Lester CW<andy@petdance.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005 by Andy Lester CW<andy@petdance.com>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>.
