Re: [Boost-users] [test] How do run a specific test suite?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [test] How do run a specific test suite?
From: Dmitry Bufistov (dmitry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-06 17:13:49

Ahmed Badran escribió:
> Ahmed Badran wrote:
>> Christian Henning wrote:
>>> Hi there, I believe I once read that one can specify test suite to be
>>> run as a command line parameter. By default all test suites are
>>> running, but, the user should be able to specify one in the case there
>>> are several suites.
>>
>> Excellent point.
>>
>>>
>>> I've tried to look up that information inside the boost::test
>>> documentation but couldn't find it. Am I wrong that such functionality
>>> exists?
>>>
>>
>> afaik, this functionality doesn't exist however you can do command 
>> line globbing:
>>
>> ./my_unit_tests.exe --run_test=test_feature*
>>
> 
> Actually thinking more about it and looking again at the documentation, 
> you can use the globbing and "/" to pick particular test cases/test suites
> 
> You can do:
> ./my_unit_tests.exe --run_test=test_suite_1/*
> 
> hope this is useful.
> 
> Regards,
> Ahmed

I believe this won't execute anything. This
./my_unit_tests.exe --run_test=/test_suite_1*
will do.

Dmitry