NAME
Test::Dirs - easily copy and compare folders inside tests
SYNOPSIS
use Test::More tests => 5;
use Test::Dirs;
# make a temporary copy of a folder
my $tmp_dir = temp_copy_ok($src_dir, 'copy template to tmp folder');
# compare one folder with another
is_dir($src_dir, $tmp_dir, 'temp copy should be the same as source');
# set files to ignore
my @ignore_files = qw(.ignore_me);
open(my $fh, '>', File::Spec->catfile($tmp_dir, '.ignore_me')) or die $!;
is_dir($src_dir, $tmp_dir, 'temp copy should be the same as source', \@ignore_files);
TODO: {
local $TODO = 'do something with the extra file in the future';
is_dir($src_dir, $tmp_dir, 'fails without @ignore_files');
};
# be verbose, print out the diff if doesn't match
is_dir($src_dir, $tmp_dir, 'test with verbose on', \@ignore_files, 'verbose');DESCRIPTION
Exports test function "is_dir" to compare two folders if their file structure match and a function to make a temporary copy of a folder "temp_copy_ok" so it can be safely manipulated and compared to another folder.
Can be used to test modules or programs that are manipulating a whole folder structure via making a temporary copy of a initial folder state. Calling module or a program to manipulate files inside this temporary folder and then comparing it to a desired folder state.
In addition there is a "dir_cleanup_ok" function that can be used to completely remove folder structures that are not important for comparing.
EXPORTS
temp_copy_ok()
is_dir()
dir_cleanup_ok()FUNCTIONS
temp_copy_ok($src_dir, $message)
Will recursively copy $src_dir to a "newdir" in File::Temp folder and returning File::Temp::Dir object. This object will stringify to a path and when destroyed (will leave the scope) folder is automatically deleted.
$message is optional.
is_dir($is_dir, $expected_dir, $message, \@ignore_files, $verbose)
Compares $is_dir with $expected_dir. Files that has to be ignored (are not important) can be specified as @ignore_files. The filenames are relative to the $dir1(2) folders.
$verbose will output unified diff between $expected_dir and $is_dir.
Setting FIXIT env to true will make this function copy $is_dir folder content into $expected_dir. Usefull for bootstraping test results or for acnkowledging results after code update.
$message, \@ignore_files, $verbose are optional.
dir_cleanup_ok($filename, $message)
If the $filename is a folder. Removes this folder and all empty folders upwards.
If the $filename is a file. Removes parent folder of this file and all empty folders upwards.
$message is optional.
PS: Just be careful :-)
SEE ALSO
File::DirCompare, File::Copy::Recursive, File::Temp
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.
AUTHOR
Jozef Kutej