Common Test

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Chapters

• Introduction
  • Top of chapter
  • Scope
  • Prerequisites
• Common Test Basics
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Test Suite Organisation
  • Support Libraries
  • Suites and Test Cases
  • External Interfaces
• Getting Started
  • Top of chapter
  • Introduction for Newcomers
  • Test Case Execution
  • A Simple Test Suite
  • A Test Suite with Configuration Functions
  • Questions and Answers
• Installation
  • Top of chapter
  • General Information
• Writing Test Suites
  • Top of chapter
  • Support for Test Suite Authors
  • Test Suites
  • Init and End per Suite
  • Init and End per Test Case
  • Test Cases
  • Test Case Information Function
  • Test Suite Information Function
  • Test Case Groups
  • Parallel Property and Nested Groups
  • Parallel Test Cases and I/O
  • Repeated Groups
  • Shuffled Test Case Order
  • Group Information Function
  • Information Functions for Init- and End-Configuration
  • Data and Private Directories
  • Execution Environment
  • Timetrap Time-Outs
  • Logging - Categories and Verbosity Levels
  • Illegal Dependencies
• Test Structure
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Skipping Test Cases
  • Definition of Terms
• Examples and Templates
  • Top of chapter
  • Test Suite Example
  • Test Suite Templates
• Running Tests and Analyzing Results
  • Top of chapter
  • Using the Common Test Framework
  • Automatic Compilation of Test Suites and Help Modules
  • Running Tests from the OS Command Line
  • Running Tests from the Erlang Shell or from an Erlang Program
  • Test Case Group Execution
  • Running the Interactive Shell Mode
  • Step-by-Step Execution of Test Cases with the Erlang Debugger
  • Test Specifications
  • Running Tests from the Web-Based GUI
  • Log Files
  • HTML Style Sheets
  • Repeating Tests
  • Silent Connections
• External Configuration Data
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Syntax
  • Requiring and Reading Configuration Data
  • Using Configuration Variables Defined in Multiple Files
  • Encrypted Configuration Files
  • Opening Connections Using Configuration Data
  • User-Specific Configuration Data Formats
  • Examples of Configuration Data Handling
  • Example of User-Specific Configuration Handler
• Code Coverage Analysis
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Use
  • Stopping the Cover Tool When Tests Are Completed
  • The Cover Specification File
  • Cross Cover Analysis
  • Logging
• Using Common Test for Large-Scale Testing
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Use
  • Test Specifications
  • Automatic Startup of Test Target Nodes
• Event Handling
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Use
• Dependencies between Test Cases and Suites
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Saving Configuration Data
  • Sequences
• Common Test Hooks
  • Top of chapter
  • General
  • Installing a CTH
  • CTH Scope
  • Manipulating Tests
  • Synchronizing External User Applications with Common Test
  • Example CTH
  • Built-In CTHs
• Some Thoughts about Testing
  • Top of chapter
  • Goals
  • What to Test

4 Installation

4.1  General Information

The two main interfaces for running tests with Common Test are an executable program named ct_run and the Erlang module ct. ct_run is compiled for the underlying operating system (for example, Unix/Linux or Windows) during the build of the Erlang/OTP system, and is installed automatically with other executable programs in the top level bin directory of Erlang/OTP. The ct interface functions can be called from the Erlang shell, or from any Erlang function, on any supported platform.

The Common Test application is installed with the Erlang/OTP system. No extra installation step is required to start using Common Test through the ct_run executable program, and/or the interface functions in the ct module.