Re: Non-interactive testing

[Ben Elliston]

> Is DejaGnu appropriate for non-interactive app testing?  I want to
> develop tests for an application that writes text files and writes
> very little to STDIN.

DejaGnu is used to test GNU tools like the compiler and assembler, so
yes!

> If so, can you point me to an example?
> If not, is there a standard tool available?
>  
> What I want to do is, run a series of problems with different inputs and
> compare the outputs against verified outputs.

In that case, take a look at the GNU binutils testsuite (in
particular, for `gas').  This test harness assembles files,
disassembles them and checks for inconsistencies.

Cheers, Ben