Test-case generation procedure

From LDTP

Automatic generation of test cases.

Following are the steps to automatically generate a test case.

1. Update the system with the latest build of the source code.

2. The test cases for some of the components are available at the
   following location: 
   http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-test-specs/

3. To export the gnome-test-specs type the command in the terminal
   export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome
   and press enter key.

4. In the location  http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-test-specs/ 
   there are a number of files ( for example, accessibility/, components/
   etc). Select the file you want to download. In the next window there 
   are some more files. Select the application of your choice.

5. Type the following command in the terminal
   cvs co gnome-test-specs/”file”/”application” and press the enter key.
   For example if you select file as “components” and 
   select the application as “gedit”  type the following command:
   cvs co gnome-test-specs/components/gedit

6. It took close to about 10 minutes to download all the files on a line 
   which has a downloading speed of 20kbps. So if you are downloading on 
   a slower speed line, it may take some time.

7. Change to the LDTP directory (“cd ldtp”). 

8. Change to record directory (“cd record”).

9. Once you are in record directory type the command “make clean; make” 
   and press the enter key.

10. You are now ready to generate the test cases automatically.

11. To generate the test case automatically for any application (for 
    example: gedit), the application (gedit) must be running (gedit 
    opened).

12. Type the following command 
    ./record > dump.txt 
    and press the enter key.

13. dump.txt is an error logging file. Errors, if any, are recorded in 
    dump.txt.

14. ./record will be running.

15. The first test case in the loaction (for gedit) can be followed to 
    generate the test case ( Once again Gedit should be running before  
    ./record >dump.txt).

16. Follow the steps in the test case and after finishing with all the 
    steps, stop the ./record which is still running by pressing “ctrl-c”. 

17. The test case is recorded in test.SDD. The records for the test  
    conducted can be viewed by typing: 
    vi test.SDD

18. To continue with testing for the second test case, the first test 
    case (test.SDD) must be moved to another file( this is because the 
    next time you generate the automated test case, it will be stored 
    in test.SDD and the previous results will be overwritten). 

19. To rename the file, type
    mv test.SDD “filename”
    Example for this is “mv test.SDD testone.SDD”

20. The second test case can be created in the same manner by following 
    the steps from step number 8.