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From: luopub@163.com on 12 Feb 2006 05:35 Who can help me? I don't have Cisco devices, in fact I have nothing except this computer. So I want examples that test pure software. What is best suitable to be tested by Expect? I already had a little knowledge about DejaGNU, but it seems I have nothing to test!
From: Bryan Oakley on 12 Feb 2006 11:11 luopub(a)163.com wrote: > Who can help me? I don't have Cisco devices, in fact I have nothing > except this computer. So I want examples that test pure software. What > is best suitable to be tested by Expect? I already had a little > knowledge about DejaGNU, but it seems I have nothing to test! > If you're running on unix, you have hundreds (thousands?) of programs that can be tested. Any non-graphical software can be tested with expect. Examples include telnet, ftp, ssh, tclsh, expect, ls, date, ps, ..... the choice is almost endless. Frankly, I think it's way too late for you to be able to write a masters thesis by now -- isn't it due in a couple days? Since you're still lacking the fundamentals, my advice is to start as small as possible. For example, try to use expect to test the program 'ls'. ls accepts many different options and will work with many different types of files and directories to give you a large set of possible outputs. The way you do this is to write a script that creates a controlled environment (read: a temporary directory), adds a specific number of files and subdirectories with various names and properties, then runs many different variations of the 'ls' command to make sure it's returning the proper information in all cases. -- Bryan Oakley http://www.tclscripting.com
From: luopub@163.com on 13 Feb 2006 01:40 Yes, due time is in less than ten days. But I have to finish the thesis, because it's too important for me. It's bachelor thesis not master thesis. Many thanks! :) The root cause may be I have too little knowledge about linux. In fact I have the first Linux system only on Feb 3, ten days ago.Before that day, I have never worked on Linux. My thesis requires fully automated test scripts, interactive tset scripts, and complicated test scripts. I now have only one automated test script, have no idea about "complicated" scripts yet.
From: Earl Grieda on 13 Feb 2006 03:39 <luopub(a)163.com> wrote in message news:1139812823.224747.277410(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > Yes, due time is in less than ten days. But I have to finish the > thesis, because it's too important for me. It's bachelor thesis not > master thesis. Many thanks! :) > > The root cause may be I have too little knowledge about linux. In fact > I have the first Linux system only on Feb 3, ten days ago.Before that > day, I have never worked on Linux. > > My thesis requires fully automated test scripts, interactive tset > scripts, and complicated test scripts. I now have only one automated > test script, have no idea about "complicated" scripts yet. > So, is this a research thesis where you present examples of what other people have done, or are you supposed to be designing and writing the automated tests yourself?
From: luopub@163.com on 13 Feb 2006 07:32
Dear Earl Grieda, thank you for your concern. I plan to present some examples of others ad design some test scripts of my own. The most urgent thing now is that I can't decide an object to test, because I'm new to Linux. In addition I don't have any hardware environment such as router, switch or additional computer. The only equipment I have is this computer, because I'm working at home. Do you have any good idea? |