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<h1>The Megatest Users Manual</h1>
<span id="author">Matt Welland</span><br />
<span id="email"><tt>&lt;<a href="mailto:matt@kiatoa.com">matt@kiatoa.com</a>&gt;</tt></span><br />
<span id="revnumber">version 1.0,</span>
<span id="revdate">April 2012</span>
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<span id="revnumber">version 1.0,</span>
<span id="revdate">April 2012</span>
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<h2 id="_tricks">Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>This section is a compendium of a various useful tricks for debugging,
configuring and generally getting the most out of Megatest.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_debugging_tricks">Debugging Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_examining_the_environment">Examining The Environment</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_during_config_file_processing">During Config File Processing</h4>
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<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_organising_your_tests_and_tasks">Organising Your Tests and Tasks</h4>
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<pre><tt>[tests-paths]
1 #{get misc parent}/simplerun/tests</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>[setup]</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
user is responsible for setting STATE and STATUS</p></div>
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<pre><tt>runscript main.csh</tt></pre>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_tricks">Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>This section is a compendium of a various useful tricks for debugging,
configuring and generally getting the most out of Megatest.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_debugging_tricks">Debugging Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_examining_the_environment">Examining The Environment</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_during_config_file_processing">During Config File Processing</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_organising_your_tests_and_tasks">Organising Your Tests and Tasks</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>/nfs/ch/disks/ch_unienv_disk005/qa_mrwellan/interim/src/megatest/tests/fdktestqa/testqa</p></div>
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<pre><tt>[tests-paths]
1 #{get misc parent}/simplerun/tests</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>[setup]</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
user is responsible for setting STATE and STATUS</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
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<pre><tt>runscript main.csh</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>ww30.2
cellname/LVS/cellname.LAYOUT_ERRORS</p></div>

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cellname/LVS/cellname.LAYOUT_ERRORS</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
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<pre><tt>runscript main.csh</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>[requirements]</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt># A normal waiton waits for the prior tests to be COMPLETED
# and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED
waiton test1 test2</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The default (i.e. if mode is not specified) is normal. All pre-dependent tests
must be COMPLETED and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED before the test will start</p></div>
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<pre><tt>mode   normal</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The toplevel mode requires only that the prior tests are COMPLETED.</p></div>
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<pre><tt>mode toplevel</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>A item based waiton will start items in a test when the
same-named item is COMPLETED and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED
in the prior test</p></div>
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<pre><tt>mode itemmatch</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt># With a toplevel test you may wish to generate your list
# of tests to run dynamically
#
# waiton #{shell get-valid-tests-to-run.sh}</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>runtimelim 1h 2m 3s  # this will automatically kill the test if it runs for more than 1h 2m and 3s</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>[skip]</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt># NB// If the prevrunning line exists with *any* value the test will
# automatically SKIP if the same-named test is currently RUNNING

prevrunning x</tt></pre>
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<pre><tt>fileexists /path/to/a/file # skip if /path/to/a/file exists</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>If test is FAIL and previous test in run with same MT_TARGET is WAIVED then apply the following rules from the testconfig:
If a waiver check is specified in the testconfig apply the check and if it passes then set this FAIL to WAIVED</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Waiver check has two parts, 1) a list of waiver, rulename, filepatterns and 2) the rulename script spec (note that "diff" and "logpro" are predefined)</p></div>
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<pre><tt>###### EXAMPLE FROM testconfig #########
# matching file(s) will be diff'd with previous run and logpro applied
# if PASS or WARN result from logpro then WAIVER state is set
#
[waivers]
# logpro_file    rulename      input_glob
waiver_1         logpro        lookittmp.log

[waiver_rules]

# This builtin rule is the default if there is no &lt;waivername&gt;.logpro file
# diff   diff %file1% %file2%

# This builtin rule is applied if a &lt;waivername&gt;.logpro file exists
# logpro diff %file1% %file2% | logpro %waivername%.logpro %waivername%.html</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>To transfer the environment to the next step you can do the following:</p></div>
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<a id="taoup"></a>[taoup] Eric Steven Raymond. <em>The Art of Unix
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<a id="walsh-muellner"></a>[walsh-muellner] Norman Walsh &amp; Leonard Muellner.
  <em>DocBook - The Definitive Guide</em>. O&#8217;Reilly &amp; Associates. 1999.
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<h2 id="_tricks">Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>This section is a compendium of a various useful tricks for debugging,
configuring and generally getting the most out of Megatest.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_limiting_your_running_jobs">Limiting your running jobs</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The following example will limit a test in the jobgroup "group1" to no more than 10 tests simultaneously.</p></div>

<div class="paragraph"><p>In your testconfig:</p></div>




<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[test_meta]
jobgroup group1</code></pre>
</div></div>

<div class="paragraph"><p>In your megatest.config:</p></div>




<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[jobgroups]
group1 10
custdes 4</code></pre>
</div></div>









</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_debugging_tricks">Debugging Tricks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_examining_the_environment">Examining The Environment</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_during_config_file_processing">During Config File Processing</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_organising_your_tests_and_tasks">Organising Your Tests and Tasks</h4>

<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[tests-paths]
1 #{get misc parent}/simplerun/tests</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[setup]</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
user is responsible for setting STATE and STATUS</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>runscript main.csh</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">

<h3 id="_debugging_server_problems">Debugging Server Problems</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>sudo lsof -i
sudo netstat -lptu
sudo netstat -tulpn</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h1 id="_reference">Reference</h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_the_testconfig_file">The testconfig File</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_setup_section">Setup section</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header">Header</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[setup]</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
user is responsible for setting STATE and STATUS</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>runscript main.csh</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_requirements_section">Requirements section</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header_2">Header</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[requirements]</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_wait_on_other_tests">Wait on Other Tests</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code># A normal waiton waits for the prior tests to be COMPLETED
# and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED
waiton test1 test2</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_mode">Mode</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default (i.e. if mode is not specified) is normal. All pre-dependent tests
must be COMPLETED and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED before the test will start</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>mode   normal</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The toplevel mode requires only that the prior tests are COMPLETED.</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>mode toplevel</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>A item based waiton will start items in a test when the
same-named item is COMPLETED and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED
in the prior test</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>mode itemmatch</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code># With a toplevel test you may wish to generate your list
# of tests to run dynamically
#
# waiton #{shell get-valid-tests-to-run.sh}</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_run_time_limit">Run time limit</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>runtimelim 1h 2m 3s  # this will automatically kill the test if it runs for more than 1h 2m and 3s</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip">Skip</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header_3">Header</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[skip]</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip_on_still_running_tests">Skip on Still-running Tests</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code># NB// If the prevrunning line exists with *any* value the test will
# automatically SKIP if the same-named test is currently RUNNING

prevrunning x</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip_if_a_file_exists">Skip if a File Exists</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>fileexists /path/to/a/file # skip if /path/to/a/file exists</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_controlled_waiver_propagation">Controlled waiver propagation</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If test is FAIL and previous test in run with same MT_TARGET is WAIVED then apply the following rules from the testconfig:
If a waiver check is specified in the testconfig apply the check and if it passes then set this FAIL to WAIVED</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Waiver check has two parts, 1) a list of waiver, rulename, filepatterns and 2) the rulename script spec (note that "diff" and "logpro" are predefined)</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>###### EXAMPLE FROM testconfig #########
# matching file(s) will be diff'd with previous run and logpro applied
# if PASS or WARN result from logpro then WAIVER state is set
#
[waivers]
# logpro_file    rulename      input_glob
waiver_1         logpro        lookittmp.log

[waiver_rules]

# This builtin rule is the default if there is no &lt;waivername&gt;.logpro file
# diff   diff %file1% %file2%

# This builtin rule is applied if a &lt;waivername&gt;.logpro file exists
# logpro diff %file1% %file2% | logpro %waivername%.logpro %waivername%.html</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ezsteps">Ezsteps</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To transfer the environment to the next step you can do the following:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>$MT_MEGATEST -env2file .ezsteps/${stepname}</code></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_triggers">Triggers</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>In your testconfig triggers can be specified</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[triggers]

# Call script running.sh when test goes to state=RUNNING, status=PASS
RUNNING/PASS running.sh

# Call script running.sh any time state goes to RUNNING
RUNNING/ running.sh

# Call script onpass.sh any time status goes to PASS
PASS/ onpass.sh</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Scripts called will have; test-id test-rundir trigger, added to the commandline.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>HINT</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To start an xterm (useful for debugging), use a command line like the following:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><code>[triggers]
COMPLETED/ xterm -e bash -s --</code></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Note</div>
</td>
<td class="content">There is a trailing space after the --</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_programming_api">Programming API</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>These routines can be called from the megatest repl.</p></div>
<div class="tableblock">
<table rules="all"
width="70%"
frame="hsides"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<caption class="title">Table 2. API Server Management Calls</caption>
<col width="14%" />
<col width="28%" />
<col width="28%" />
<col width="28%" />
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="top">API Call                  </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Purpose comments   </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Returns                 </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Comments</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top"><p class="table">(rmt:login        run-id)</p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>Verify the the version, testsuite area etc. are correct.</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>#( #t "successful login" )</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top"><p class="table">(rmt:start-server run-id)</p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>#( success/fail   n/a )</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top"><p class="table">(rmt:kill-server  run-id)</p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>#( success/fail   n/a )</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>Works only if the server is still reachable</code></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="tableblock">
<table rules="all"
width="70%"
frame="hsides"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<caption class="title">Table 3. API Keys Related Calls</caption>
<col width="14%" />
<col width="28%" />
<col width="28%" />
<col width="28%" />
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="top">API Call                        </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Purpose comments   </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Returns                 </th>
<th align="left" valign="top"> Comments</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top"><p class="table">(rmt:get-key-val-pairs run-id)</p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>#t=success/#f=fail</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>Works only if the server is still reachable</code></p></td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top"><p class="table">(rmt:get-keys run-id)</p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code>( key1 key2 &#8230; )</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><code></code></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_megatest_internals">Megatest Internals</h3>
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<div class="content">
<img src="server.png" alt="server.png" />
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_example_appendix">Appendix A: Example Appendix</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>One or more optional appendixes go here at section level zero.</p></div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_appendix_sub_section">Appendix Sub-section</h3>
<div class="admonitionblock">
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<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Note</div>
</td>
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2 (level 1 is skipped).  This only applies to multi-part book
documents.</td>
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<h2 id="_example_bibliography">Example Bibliography</h2>
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<div class="ulist bibliography"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<a id="taoup"></a>[taoup] Eric Steven Raymond. <em>The Art of Unix
  Programming</em>. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-13-142901-9.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a id="walsh-muellner"></a>[walsh-muellner] Norman Walsh &amp; Leonard Muellner.
  <em>DocBook - The Definitive Guide</em>. O&#8217;Reilly &amp; Associates. 1999.
  ISBN 1-56592-580-7.
</p>
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of AsciiDoc labeled lists.</p></div>
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<dt>
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</p>
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</p>
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