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Regression Testing and Conformance Testing Interactive Programs
Authors:
Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract:
Testing interactive programs, by its nature, requires interaction — usually by real people. Such testing is an expensive process and hence rarely done. Some interactive tools can use used non-interactively to a limited extent, and are often tested only this way. Purely interactive programs are rarely tested in any systematic way.
This paper describes testing of interactive line and character-oriented programs via Expect. An immediate use of this is to build a test suite for automating standards conformance of all of the interactive programs in POSIX 1003.2a (interactive shells and tools), something which has not yet been accomplished by any means.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {252407,
author = {Don Libes},
title = {Regression Testing and Conformance Testing Interactive Programs},
booktitle = {USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference (USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference)},
year = {1992},
address = {San Antonio, TX},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-summer-1992-technical-conference/regression-testing-and-conformance-testing},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}
author = {Don Libes},
title = {Regression Testing and Conformance Testing Interactive Programs},
booktitle = {USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference (USENIX Summer 1992 Technical Conference)},
year = {1992},
address = {San Antonio, TX},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-summer-1992-technical-conference/regression-testing-and-conformance-testing},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}
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