https://github.com/joemcmahon/test-tail-multi

generic means of executing arbitrary code and then watching the dynamic contents of associated files
https://github.com/joemcmahon/test-tail-multi

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generic means of executing arbitrary code and then watching the dynamic contents of associated files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/joemcmahon/test-tail-multi
• Owner: joemcmahon
• Created: 2009-08-20T23:57:55.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-14T22:48:16.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-28T15:48:14.414Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Perl
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• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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NAME

    Test::Tail::Multi - execute code, monitor dynamic file contents

SYNOPSIS

      use Test::Tail::Multi files => [qw(file1 file2)] tests=>2;

      # Can add files dynamically as well

      add_file('file3', "decided to add file3 too");

      # Execute a command and check against output

      contents_like {system('my_command -my_args")}   # Note no trailing comma!

                    qr/expected value/,

                    "got the expected output");

      # if code to execute is undef, check against previously captured new content

      contents_unlike undef,                          # trailing command REQUIRED

                      qr/unexpected text/,

                      "unexpected stuff not found in same text");

      # Shorten the delay to 1 second.

      delay(1, "Now a 1 second delay");

      contents_like(sub {system('fast_command')},     # trailing comma in parens

                    qr/expected/,

                    "this command runs faster");

DESCRIPTION

    "Test::Tail::Multi" allows you to create tests or test classes that

    permit you to monitor the contents of one or more files a la 

    using the nice "File::Tail" module. You can execute arbitrary code and

    then run tests versus the new content in the files.

    If you choose, you can run multiple tests against the same content by

    passing "undef" as the code to be executed; "Test::Tail::Multi" will

    then reuse the contents it last extracted.

    You can also adjust the delay time to be used to allow the code you

    called to "settle down" before checking the tails.

    "Test::Tail::Multi" comes in handy for those testing jobs that require

    you to monitor several files at once to see what's happening in each

    one.

AUTHOR

    Joe McMahon, 

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    Copyright (C) 2005 by Joe McMahon and Yahoo!

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

    under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at

    your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.