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4.5.2 The [module].conf suite configuration

The suite-specific configuration file needs the following four mandatory parameters:

‘[module].name (Mandatory)’
The descriptive name of the suite
‘[module].start (Mandatory)’
Command to start the external module to be tested. If none needed, you can set this parameter to none. Also, you can use the reserved %BIN% word in this field to indicate the suite-specific ‘bin’ directory (prefix/suites/[module]/bin/)
‘[module].stop (Mandatory)’
Command to stop the external module to be tested. If none needed, you can set this parameter to none. Also, you can use the reserved %BIN% word in this field to indicate the suite-specific ‘bin’ directory (prefix/suites/[module]/bin/)
‘[module].runtype (Mandatory)’
How the suite should be run. The allowed values in this field are always, manual and once (they are explained in the next section).

In addition to the previous mandatory parameters, you can specify an unlimited number of global variables which will be available in each test of this suite:

‘[module].[VARNAME] (Optional)’
Where ‘VARNAME’ will be a valid environment variable that may be used in any TCL test of this suite. As done in the start/stop commands with the reserved %BIN% word, you can specify in any of these environment variables the %COMMON% reserved word to indicate the suite-specific ‘common’ directory (prefix/suites/[module]/common/). You must take into account that the test-specific configuration may override the value of any environment variable defined in the suite-specific configuration.

An example of [module].conf configuration file is the following, the configuration file for the ‘generic’ module (named generic.conf). 

     
     # generic.conf
     # Configuration file for the GENERIC suite in the ARTE testing framework
     
     # Configuration parameters (mandatory)
     generic.name="This is the GENERIC module, dude"
     generic.start="%BIN%/start_generic.sh"
     generic.stop="%BIN%/start_generic.sh"
     
     # Available runtypes (mandatory): always | manual | once
     generic.runtype="always"
     
     # Environment vars for the TCL interpreter (optional)
     generic.HELLO="Hello World"
     generic.INPUTFILE="%COMMON%/inputfile.txt"