Problem

Writing portable shell code for testing command-line tools is difficult.

Constraints

• Should be able to record input/output/exit codes of command-line tools
• Should be aware of configuration settings (KDB), for example, restore it on changes

Assumptions

None.

Considered Alternatives

• pythonpaste
  • easy to work with
  • can only trace a single directory (would not work with /etc + ~)
  • extra dependency not in any distro
• robotframework
  • additional (fat) dependency
  • integration with cmake?
  • does not allow one to capture stdout, stderr + return code
• expect
  • interactive testing (e.g. for kdb mount)
  • quite long for simple things (e.g. check /bin/true needs 4 lines)
  • new syntax for Elektra (TCL)
  • additional dependency

Decision

Develop shell recorder and tutorial wrapper.

Rationale

Implications

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Notes

• 12.11.2017: pythonpaste not maintained anymore, site is offline