SPP - regtest - an STScI legacy system for IRAF packages

Overview

regtest tests IRAF tasks. It is derived from a legacy system, and is still in use at STScI. It is so specialized that it is unlikely to be useful to you.

Test definitions

Each test exists in a separate XML file. The file format is defined in the Pandokia source code in stsci_regtest/TEST_FORMAT.xml

regtest automatically generates the data needed to make okifiable tests.

Test Execution

This runner uses PyRAF to execute IRAF tasks. Before executing the tasks under test, it loads these IRAF packages:

fitsio
images
stsdas
tables

In the test definition, it lists one or more output files. Each output file is compared to a reference file. If all match (within the parameters of the comparison), the test passes.