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.IX Title "Test::Harness 3"
.TH Test::Harness 3 "2001-09-21" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
Test::Harness \- Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
\& runtests(@test_files);
\&\fB\s-1STOP\s0!\fR If all you want to do is write a test script, consider
using Test::Simple. Test::Harness is the module that reads the
output from Test::Simple, Test::More and other modules based on
Test::Builder. You don't need to know about Test::Harness to use
Test::Harness runs tests and expects output from the test in a
certain format. That format is called \s-1TAP\s0, the Test Anything
Protocol. It is defined in Test::Harness::TAP.
\&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness::runtests(@tests)\*(C'\fR runs all the testscripts named
as arguments and checks standard output for the expected strings
The \fIprove\fR utility is a thin wrapper around Test::Harness.
.IX Subsection "Taint mode"
Test::Harness will honor the \f(CW\*(C`\-T\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR in the #! line on your
test files. So if you begin a test with:
the test will be run with taint mode on.
.Sh "Configuration variables."
.IX Subsection "Configuration variables."
These variables can be used to configure the behavior of
Test::Harness. They are exported on request.
.ie n .IP "$Test::Harness::Verbose" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$Test::Harness::Verbose\fR" 4
.IX Item "$Test::Harness::Verbose"
The package variable \f(CW$Test::Harness::Verbose\fR is exportable and can be
used to let \f(CW\*(C`runtests()\*(C'\fR display the standard output of the script
without altering the behavior otherwise. The \fIprove\fR utility's \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR
.ie n .IP "$Test::Harness::switches" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$Test::Harness::switches\fR" 4
.IX Item "$Test::Harness::switches"
The package variable \f(CW$Test::Harness::switches\fR is exportable and can be
used to set perl command line options used for running the test
script(s). The default value is \f(CW\*(C`\-w\*(C'\fR. It overrides \f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_SWITCHES\*(C'\fR.
.ie n .IP "$Test::Harness::Timer" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW$Test::Harness::Timer\fR" 4
.IX Item "$Test::Harness::Timer"
If set to true, and \f(CW\*(C`Time::HiRes\*(C'\fR is available, print elapsed seconds
When tests fail, analyze the summary report:
\& t/base..............ok
\& t/nonumbers.........ok
\& t/ok................ok
\& t/test-harness......ok
\& t/waterloo..........dubious
\& Test returned status 3 (wstat 768, 0x300)
\& DIED. FAILED tests 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
\& Failed 10/20 tests, 50.00% okay
\& Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
\& -----------------------------------------------------------------------
\& t/waterloo.t 3 768 20 10 50.00% 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
\& Failed 1/5 test scripts, 80.00% okay. 10/44 subtests failed, 77.27% okay.
Everything passed but \fIt/waterloo.t\fR. It failed 10 of 20 tests and
exited with non-zero status indicating something dubious happened.
The columns in the summary report mean:
.IP "\fBFailed Test\fR" 4
The test file which failed.
If the test exited with non\-zero, this is its exit status.
The wait status of the test.
Total number of tests expected to run.
Number which failed, either from \*(L"not ok\*(R" or because they never ran.
Percentage of the total tests which failed.
.IP "\fBList of Failed\fR" 4
.IX Item "List of Failed"
A list of the tests which failed. Successive failures may be
abbreviated (ie. 15\-20 to indicate that tests 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and
.IX Subsection "Functions"
Test::Harness currently only has one function, here it is.
\& my $allok = runtests(@test_files);
This runs all the given \fI@test_files\fR and divines whether they passed
or failed based on their output to \s-1STDOUT\s0 (details above). It prints
out each individual test which failed along with a summary report and
It returns true if everything was ok. Otherwise it will \f(CW\*(C`die()\*(C'\fR with
one of the messages in the \s-1DIAGNOSTICS\s0 section.
\&\f(CW&runtests\fR is exported by Test::Harness by default.
\&\f(CW$verbose\fR, \f(CW$switches\fR and \f(CW$debug\fR are exported upon request.
.ie n .IP """All tests successful.\enFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWAll tests successful.\enFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s\fR" 4
.IX Item "All tests successful.nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s"
If all tests are successful some statistics about the performance are
.ie n .IP """FAILED tests %s\en\etFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWFAILED tests %s\en\etFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.\fR" 4
.IX Item "FAILED tests %sntFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay."
For any single script that has failing subtests statistics like the
.ie n .IP """Test returned status %d (wstat %d)""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWTest returned status %d (wstat %d)\fR" 4
.IX Item "Test returned status %d (wstat %d)"
Scripts that return a non-zero exit status, both \f(CW\*(C`$? >> 8\*(C'\fR
and \f(CW$?\fR are printed in a message similar to the above.
.ie n .IP """Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWFailed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s\fR" 4
.IX Item "Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s"
.ie n .IP """Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay. %s""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay. %s\fR" 4
.IX Item "Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay. %s"
If not all tests were successful, the script dies with one of the
.ie n .IP """FAILED\-\-Further testing stopped: %s""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWFAILED\-\-Further testing stopped: %s\fR" 4
.IX Item "FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s"
If a single subtest decides that further testing will not make sense,
the script dies with this message.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES THAT TEST::HARNESS SETS"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES THAT TEST::HARNESS SETS"
Test::Harness sets these before executing the individual tests.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_ACTIVE""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_ACTIVE\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_ACTIVE"
This is set to a true value. It allows the tests to determine if they
are being executed through the harness or by any other means.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_VERSION""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_VERSION\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_VERSION"
This is the version of Test::Harness.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES THAT AFFECT TEST::HARNESS"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES THAT AFFECT TEST::HARNESS"
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_COLUMNS""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_COLUMNS\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_COLUMNS"
This value will be used for the width of the terminal. If it is not
set then it will default to \f(CW\*(C`COLUMNS\*(C'\fR. If this is not set, it will
default to 80. Note that users of Bourne-sh based shells will need to
\&\f(CW\*(C`export COLUMNS\*(C'\fR for this module to use that variable.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_COMPILE_TEST\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST"
When true it will make harness attempt to compile the test using
\&\f(CW\*(C`perlcc\*(C'\fR before running it.
\&\fB\s-1NOTE\s0\fR This currently only works when sitting in the perl source
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_DEBUG""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_DEBUG\fR" 4
If true, Test::Harness will print debugging information about itself as
it runs the tests. This is different from \f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_VERBOSE\*(C'\fR, which prints
the output from the test being run. Setting \f(CW$Test::Harness::Debug\fR will
override this, or you can use the \f(CW\*(C`\-d\*(C'\fR switch in the \fIprove\fR utility.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR"
When set to the name of a directory, harness will check after each
test whether new files appeared in that directory, and report them as
\& LEAKED FILES: scr.tmp 0 my.db
If relative, directory name is with respect to the current directory at
the moment \fIruntests()\fR was called. Putting absolute path into
\&\f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR\*(C'\fR may give more predictable results.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE"
Makes harness ignore the exit status of child processes when defined.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_NOTTY""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_NOTTY\fR" 4
When set to a true value, forces it to behave as though \s-1STDOUT\s0 were
not a console. You may need to set this if you don't want harness to
output more frequent progress messages using carriage returns. Some
consoles may not handle carriage returns properly (which results in a
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_PERL""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_PERL\fR" 4
Usually your tests will be run by \f(CW$^X\fR, the currently-executing Perl.
However, you may want to have it run by a different executable, such as
a threading perl, or a different version.
If you're using the \fIprove\fR utility, you can use the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-perl\*(C'\fR switch.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES"
Its value will be prepended to the switches used to invoke perl on
each test. For example, setting \f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`\-W\*(C'\fR will
run all tests with all warnings enabled.
.ie n .IP """HARNESS_VERBOSE""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CWHARNESS_VERBOSE\fR" 4
.IX Item "HARNESS_VERBOSE"
If true, Test::Harness will output the verbose results of running
its tests. Setting \f(CW$Test::Harness::verbose\fR will override this,
or you can use the \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR switch in the \fIprove\fR utility.
Here's how Test::Harness tests itself
\& $ cd ~/src/devel/Test-Harness
\& $ perl -Mblib -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose);
\& $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t
\& Using /home/schwern/src/devel/Test-Harness/blib
\& t/base..............ok
\& t/nonumbers.........ok
\& t/ok................ok
\& t/test-harness......ok
\& Files=4, Tests=24, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.61 cusr + 0.41 csys = 1.02 CPU)
The included \fIprove\fR utility for running test scripts from the command line,
Test and Test::Simple for writing test scripts, Benchmark for
the underlying timing routines, and Devel::Cover for test coverage
Provide a way of running tests quietly (ie. no printing) for automated
validation of tests. This will probably take the form of a version
of \fIruntests()\fR which rather than printing its output returns raw data
on the state of the tests. (Partially done in Test::Harness::Straps)
Fix \s-1HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST\s0 without breaking its core usage.
Figure a way to report test names in the failure summary.
Rework the test summary so long test names are not truncated as badly.
(Partially done with new skip test styles)
Add option for coverage analysis.
Implement Straps \fItotal_results()\fR
Completely redo the print summary code.
Implement Straps callbacks. (experimentally implemented)
Straps\->\fIanalyze_file()\fR not taint clean, don't know if it can be
Fix that damned \s-1VMS\s0 nit.
\&\s-1HARNESS_TODOFAIL\s0 to display \s-1TODO\s0 failures
Change internal list of test results to a hash.
Fix stats display when there's an overrun.
Fix so perls with spaces in the filename work.
Keeping whittling away at \fI_run_all_tests()\fR
Clean up how the summary is printed. Get rid of those damned formats.
\&\s-1HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST\s0 currently assumes it's run from the Perl source
Please use the \s-1CPAN\s0 bug ticketing system at <http://rt.cpan.org/>.
You can also mail bugs, fixes and enhancements to
\&\f(CW\*(C`<bug\-test\-harness\*(C'\fR at \f(CW\*(C`rt.cpan.org>\*(C'\fR.
Either Tim Bunce or Andreas Koenig, we don't know. What we know for
sure is, that it was inspired by Larry Wall's \s-1TEST\s0 script that came
with perl distributions for ages. Numerous anonymous contributors
exist. Andreas Koenig held the torch for many years, and then
Current maintainer is Andy Lester \f(CW\*(C`<andy at petdance.com>\*(C'\fR.
by Michael G Schwern \f(CW\*(C`<schwern at pobox.com>\*(C'\fR,
Andy Lester \f(CW\*(C`<andy at petdance.com>\*(C'\fR.
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>.
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