kdb-test(1) – Run test(s) on the key database

SYNOPSIS

kdb test <path> [<test-name> ...]

Where path is the path the user wishes to perform the test under. The option test-name argument is used to specify which test(s) to run. To run multiple tests, each should be named with a trailing space.
If no test-name is provided, all the tests will be run.

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to run part or all of the key database test suite.
These tests allow one to user to verify that a backend is capable of storing and retrieving all kinds of configuration keys and values.

The following tests are available: basic string umlauts binary naming meta

OPTIONS

• -H, --help: Show the man page.
• -V, --version: Print version info.
• -p, --profile <profile>: Use a different kdb profile.
• -C, --color <when>: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.

EXAMPLES

To run all tests below the user:/tests/example key:
kdb test user:/tests/example

To run the binary and naming tests:

kdb test user:/tests/example binary naming
# RET: 0
 
# clean-up
kdb rm -r user:/tests/example

SEE ALSO

• elektra-key-names(7) for an explanation of key names.