ATF-CHECK(1) | General Commands Manual | ATF-CHECK(1)

# NAME

`atf-check` —
executes a command and analyzes its results

# SYNOPSIS

`atf-check` | [`-s` qual:value] [`-o` action:arg ...] [`-e` action:arg ...] [`-x`] command

`atf-check` | `-h`

# DESCRIPTION

`atf-check` executes a given command and analyzes its results, including exit code, stdout and stderr.

In the first synopsis form, `atf-check` will execute the provided command and apply checks specified by arguments. By default it will act as if it was run with `-s` exit:0 `-o` empty `-e` empty. Multiple checks for the same output channel are allowed and, if specified, their results will be combined as a logical and (meaning that the output must match all the provided checks).

In the second synopsis form, `atf-check` will print information about all supported options and their purpose.

The following options are available:

`-h`
  Shows a short summary of all available options and their purpose.
`-s` qual:value
  Analyzes termination status. Must be one of:
  exit:<value>
    checks that the program exited cleanly and that its exit status is equal to value. The exit code can be omitted altogether, in which case any clean exit is accepted.
  ignore
    ignores the exit check.
  signal:<value>
    checks that the program exited due to a signal and that the signal that terminated it is value. The signal can be specified both as a number or as a name, or it can also be omitted altogether, in which case any signal is accepted.

  Most of these checkers can be prefixed by the ‘not-’ string, which effectively reverses the check.

`-o` action:arg
  Analyzes standard output. Must be one of:
  empty
    checks that stdout is empty
  ignore
    ignores stdout
  file:<path>
    compares stdout with given file
  inline:<value>
    compares stdout with inline value
  match:<regexp>
    looks for a regular expression in stdout
  save:<path>
    saves stdout to given file

  Most of these checkers can be prefixed by the ‘not-’ string, which effectively reverses the check.

`-e` action:arg
  Analyzes standard error (syntax identical to above)
`-x`
  Executes command as a shell command line, executing it with the system shell defined by ATF_SHELL in atf-config(1). You should avoid using this flag if at all possible to prevent shell quoting issues.

# EXIT STATUS

`atf-check` exits 0 on success, and other (unspecified) value on failure.

# EXAMPLES

    # Exit code 0, nothing on stdout/stderr
    atf-check 'true'

    # Typical usage if failure is expected
    atf-check -s not-exit:0 'false'

    # Checking stdout/stderr
    echo foobar >expout
    atf-check -o file:expout -e inline:"xx\tyy\n" \
        'echo foobar ; printf "xx\tyy\n" >&2'

    # Checking for a crash
    atf-check -s signal:sigsegv my_program

    # Combined checks
    atf-check -o match:foo -o not-match:bar echo foo baz

# SEE ALSO

atf-config(1), atf(7)

June 27, 2010 | NetBSD 9.2