Comparing text files in runtest

[Miro Iliaš]

Hello,

in https://gitlab.com/dirac/dirac/-/blob/master/test/visual_custom_output/test we have the unique case of comparing whole text files filled with proper numbers.

Would be good to have this nice functionality in the "official" runtest documentation. Many times scientific software produces various text files to be compared with reference files.

Cc: @jonatantao

[Radovan Bast]

Have you tried this: https://runtest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/creating/filter_options.html#how-to-check-entire-file

[Miro Iliaš]

Ah, we have the funcionality in runtest for that !

So, this DIRAC test script, https://gitlab.com/dirac/dirac/-/blob/master/test/visual_custom_output/test , can be updated and rewritten using https://runtest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/creating/filter_options.html#how-to-check-entire-file . Right ?

[Radovan Bast]

Yes, I think it should just work. Hopefully :-)