Re: [hobbit] Ext tests/scripts

[Asif Iqbal <iqbala-hobbit (at) qwestip.net>]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:32:02AM, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 22:59 +0100, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 04:15:00PM -0500, Kevin.Hanrahan (at) novainfo.com wrote:
> > > We have several custom tests we use from our BB server to check
> > > applications. In BB it was possible to add these into the /ext directory and
> > > then call them from /etc/bb-bbexttab. Is there a provision for this type of
> > > thing in Hobbit?
> > 
> > Set them up as tasks in hobbitlaunch.cfg .
> > 
> > NB: The environment variables provided by Hobbit to a script is not 
> > quite the same as that which BB provides. Some BB extensions use
> > environment variables for some commands, e.g $GREP instead of grep.
> > Hobbit does not set this up by default, so you should check what 
> > your scripts expect, and if necessary add the extra environment
> > variables to hobbitserver.cfg (or change the script).
> 
> Just wondering if there is a reason for this?
> 
> Personally, whenever writing ext scripts, I always made an effort to
> call all the various utilities like sed/grep/etc as ${SED}/${GREP}/etc.
> This, I figured saved everyone from editing the ext script for each

I would assume it would be owner's responsibility to make their script,
be it shell/perl or something else, as portable as possible. Assuming,
you rather depend on the environment for your script to work, switching
from BB environment to HOBBIT environment you get a lot more performance
and flexibility gain compare to the lose of enviroment variables.

Such a small loss for such a huge gain, you do the math. Now if you
still want your scripts to work just follow what Henrik said and add
those variables to hobbitserver.cfg file.

Thanks

> platform they needed to run it on (assuming it is either being shared on
> deadcat, or else being used across multiple OS's.... Even different
> releases of linux use different paths.
> 
> It would seem a shame to need to make all these scripts *more*
> specific...
> 
> PS, I haven't yet had a chance to install hobbit, so perhaps I am
> missing something really obvious... It sounds great, and once it is
> released, I'm sure I will install and use it.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
> 
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