Configuration files

For convenience, tests can be specified via configuration files rather than using the testcode API directly. These configuration files are required for work with the command-line interface.

The two configuration files are, by default, jobconfig and userconfig in the working directory. Different names and/or paths can be specified if required.

Both configuration files take options in the ini format (as understood by Python’s configparser module). For example:

[section_1]
a = 2
b = test_option

[section_2]
v = 4.5
hello = world

defines an ini file with two sections (named ‘section_1’ and ‘section_2’), each with two variables set.

Note

Any paths can either be absolute or relative to the directory containing the configuration file. The full path need not be given for any program which exists on the user’s PATH. Environment variables in program names will be expanded.