On 31. Mar, 2010, at 9:59 , David Graf wrote: > Hello Everybody > > I want to execute batch files in CTest tests (to set the correct paths to the > PATH environment variables before executing an executable). Unfortunately, > that does not work smoothly. The reason is the error handling. > If an error happens in the batch file, the batch file has to be killed with > an exit command. Otherwise, ctest doesn't receive an error code. My script > has to look like this: > > SETLOCAL > SET PATH=...;%PATH% > execute_something.exe > IF %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 ( > EXIT %ERRORLEVEL% > ) > ENDLOCAL > > > Unfortunately, this is not handy because the batch file cannot be executed > anymore from the cmd. Actually, it can. But it kills that cmd every time an > error happens. Not really nice. In my opinion, the batch file should look > like this: > > SETLOCAL > SET PATH=...;%PATH% > execute_something.exe > IF %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 ( > EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL% > ) > ENDLOCAL > > Because of the argument '/B', the cmd is not killed anymore, but the error > code is correctly set! Unfortunately, ctest doesn't behave correctly anymore > after this change. After this change, every test passes. No matter what is > going on. CTest doesn't seem to check the %ERRORLEVEL%. > > Is this a missing feature in ctest? Or am I missing something? > > Cheers, > > David Graf
Instead of checking the exit status, you could have CTest check the output for success or failure. Have a look at SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES. Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
