From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:55:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Document quicktest.sh X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=71850c6ab39257b176ffb69786c54a666b1d2ead;p=chaz%2Ftar Document quicktest.sh --- diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README index 552ddd6..db72adb 100644 --- a/tests/star/README +++ b/tests/star/README @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Sample usage: or make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check +The file `quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed +within `make check' command, you will need to run it manually. +Please, carefully read section `quicktest.sh' below before running +it. + Following is a short description of the tests: * gtarfail.at and gtarfail2.at @@ -40,6 +45,22 @@ format. Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB). +* quicktest.sh + +This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It +requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist, +(they usually reside in star/tartest directory), and `tartest' program +(also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root +privileges, so it is a good idea to test contents of +ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it. + +If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its +full file name. You may pass both STAR_TESTSCRIPTS and TARTEST +variables as command line arguments to quicktest.sh, as shown in +the example below: + + ./quicktest.sh STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir TARTEST=/path/to/tartest + Local variables: mode: outline