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.IX Title "PROVE 1"
.TH PROVE 1 "2008-11-26" "perl v5.10.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH "NAME"
prove \-\- A command\-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
prove [options] [files/directories]
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.Vb 10
\& \-b, \-\-blib Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la "use blib"
\& \-d, \-\-debug Includes extra debugging information
\& \-D, \-\-dry Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don\*(Aqt run them
\& \-h, \-\-help Display this help
\& \-H, \-\-man Longer manpage for prove
\& \-I Add libraries to @INC, as Perl\*(Aqs \-I
\& \-l, \-\-lib Add lib to the path for your tests
\& \-\-perl Sets the name of the Perl executable to use
\& \-r, \-\-recurse Recursively descend into directories
\& \-s, \-\-shuffle Run the tests in a random order
\& \-\-strap Define strap class to use
\& \-T Enable tainting checks
\& \-t Enable tainting warnings
\& \-\-timer Print elapsed time after each test file
\& \-v, \-\-verbose Display standard output of test scripts while running them
\& \-V, \-\-version Display version info
.Ve
.PP
Single-character options may be stacked. Default options may be set by
specifying the \s-1PROVE_SWITCHES\s0 environment variable.
.SH "OVERVIEW"
.IX Header "OVERVIEW"
\&\fIprove\fR is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality
of \f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness\*(C'\fR. With no arguments, it will run all tests in the
current directory.
.PP
Shell metacharacters may be used with command lines options and will be exanded
via \f(CW\*(C`File::Glob::bsd_glob\*(C'\fR.
.ie n .SH "PROVE VS. ""MAKE TEST"""
.el .SH "PROVE VS. ``MAKE TEST''"
.IX Header "PROVE VS. MAKE TEST"
\&\fIprove\fR has a number of advantages over \f(CW\*(C`make test\*(C'\fR when doing development.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR is designed as a development tool
.Sp
Perl users typically run the test harness through a makefile via
\&\f(CW\*(C`make test\*(C'\fR. That's fine for module distributions, but it's
suboptimal for a test/code/debug development cycle.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR is granular
.Sp
\&\fIprove\fR lets your run against only the files you want to check.
Running \f(CW\*(C`prove t/live/ t/master.t\*(C'\fR checks every \fI*.t\fR in \fIt/live\fR,
plus \fIt/master.t\fR.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR has an easy verbose mode
.Sp
\&\fIprove\fR has a \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR option to see the raw output from the tests.
To do this with \f(CW\*(C`make test\*(C'\fR, you must set \f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_VERBOSE=1\*(C'\fR in
the environment.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR can run under taint mode
.Sp
\&\fIprove\fR's \f(CW\*(C`\-T\*(C'\fR runs your tests under \f(CW\*(C`perl \-T\*(C'\fR, and \f(CW\*(C`\-t\*(C'\fR runs them
under \f(CW\*(C`perl \-t\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR can shuffle tests
.Sp
You can use \fIprove\fR's \f(CW\*(C`\-\-shuffle\*(C'\fR option to try to excite problems
that don't show up when tests are run in the same order every time.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\fIprove\fR doesn't rely on a make tool
.Sp
Not everyone wants to write a makefile, or use ExtUtils::MakeMaker
to do so. \fIprove\fR has no external dependencies.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Not everything is a module
.Sp
More and more users are using Perl's testing tools outside the
context of a module distribution, and may not even use a makefile
at all.
.SH "COMMAND LINE OPTIONS"
.IX Header "COMMAND LINE OPTIONS"
.Sh "\-b, \-\-blib"
.IX Subsection "-b, --blib"
Adds blib/lib to the path for your tests, a la \*(L"use blib\*(R".
.Sh "\-d, \-\-debug"
.IX Subsection "-d, --debug"
Include debug information about how \fIprove\fR is being run. This
option doesn't show the output from the test scripts. That's handled
by \-v,\-\-verbose.
.Sh "\-D, \-\-dry"
.IX Subsection "-D, --dry"
Dry run: Show the tests to run, but don't run them.
.Sh "\-I"
.IX Subsection "-I"
Add libraries to \f(CW@INC\fR, as Perl's \-I.
.Sh "\-l, \-\-lib"
.IX Subsection "-l, --lib"
Add \f(CW\*(C`lib\*(C'\fR to \f(CW@INC\fR. Equivalent to \f(CW\*(C`\-Ilib\*(C'\fR.
.Sh "\-\-perl"
.IX Subsection "--perl"
Sets the \f(CW\*(C`HARNESS_PERL\*(C'\fR environment variable, which controls what
Perl executable will run the tests.
.Sh "\-r, \-\-recurse"
.IX Subsection "-r, --recurse"
Descends into subdirectories of any directories specified, looking for tests.
.Sh "\-s, \-\-shuffle"
.IX Subsection "-s, --shuffle"
Sometimes tests are accidentally dependent on tests that have been
run before. This switch will shuffle the tests to be run prior to
running them, thus ensuring that hidden dependencies in the test
order are likely to be revealed. The author hopes the run the
algorithm on the preceding sentence to see if he can produce something
slightly less awkward.
.Sh "\-\-strap"
.IX Subsection "--strap"
Sets the \s-1HARNESS_STRAP_CLASS\s0 variable to set which Test::Harness::Straps
variable to use in running the tests.
.Sh "\-t"
.IX Subsection "-t"
Runs test programs under perl's \-t taint warning mode.
.Sh "\-T"
.IX Subsection "-T"
Runs test programs under perl's \-T taint mode.
.Sh "\-\-timer"
.IX Subsection "--timer"
Print elapsed time after each test file
.Sh "\-v, \-\-verbose"
.IX Subsection "-v, --verbose"
Display standard output of test scripts while running them. Also sets
\&\s-1TEST_VERBOSE\s0 in case your tests rely on them.
.Sh "\-V, \-\-version"
.IX Subsection "-V, --version"
Display version info.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please use the \s-1CPAN\s0 bug ticketing system at .
You can also mail bugs, fixes and enhancements to
\&\f(CW\*(C`\*(C'\fR.
.SH "TODO"
.IX Header "TODO"
.IP "\(bu" 4
Shuffled tests must be recreatable
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Andy Lester \f(CW\*(C`\*(C'\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2004\-2006 by Andy Lester \f(CW\*(C`\*(C'\fR.
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.PP
See .