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Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize

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On Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:19:10 AM UTC+8, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 23/08/2012 12:25, Tigerstyle wrote:
> 
> > class FileTest(unittest.TestCase):
> 
> >
> 
> >      def setUp(self):
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> >          self.origdir = os.getcwd()
> 
> >          self.dirname = tempfile.mkdtemp("testdir")
> 
> >          os.chdir(self.dirname)
> 
> 
> 
> I wouldn't change directories like this, it's pretty fragile, just use 
> 
> absolute paths.
> 
> 
> 
> >      def test_1(self):
> 
> >          "Verify creation of files is possible"
> 
> >          for filename in ("this.txt", "that.txt", "the_other.txt"):
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> >              f = open(filename, "w")
> 
> >              f.write("Some text\n")
> 
> >              f.close()
> 
> >              self.assertTrue(f.closed)
> 
> >
> 
> >      def test_2(self):
> 
> >          "Verify that current directory is empty"
> 
> >          self.assertEqual(glob.glob("*"), [], "Directory not empty")
> 
> >
> 
> >      def tearDown(self):
> 
> >          os.chdir(self.origdir)
> 
> >          shutil.rmtree(self.dirname)
> 
> 
> 
> Seeing this, you might find the following tools useful:
> 
> 
> 
> http://packages.python.org/testfixtures/files.html
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> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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Well, I am thinking  that the directory tree listing services or daemons
supported by the OS by some iterators could be better than the stack
based model.

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Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 04:25 -0700
  Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-23 08:28 -0400
    Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-23 13:29 -0400
      Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-23 12:06 -0700
      Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-23 12:06 -0700
        Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-24 09:20 -0700
        Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-24 09:20 -0700
          Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Robert Day <robertkday@gmail.com> - 2012-08-24 20:04 +0100
            Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-26 10:36 -0700
              Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Rob Day <rkd@rkd.me.uk> - 2012-08-26 18:51 +0100
                Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-26 11:37 -0700
                Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-26 11:37 -0700
            Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Tigerstyle <laddosingh@gmail.com> - 2012-08-26 10:36 -0700
  Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize Chris Withers <chris@python.org> - 2012-08-31 17:19 +0100
    Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-31 22:08 -0700
    Re: Unittest - testing for filenames and filesize 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-31 22:08 -0700

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