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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-04-01 23:56:03 +0000
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-04-01 23:56:03 +0000
commite2d1644e005a6021cfce69b187179b58a3bcda86 (patch)
treed5a45119fae7ecbe33dda9e6e7c20a317cc8e8e0 /Lib/test/test_commands.py
parentb9981de074f6a6e657cd1efa1d2870cf8fec2d0d (diff)
downloadcpython-e2d1644e005a6021cfce69b187179b58a3bcda86.tar.gz
Make test_commands work on more systems. This removes much of the dependency
on how a system is configured. This closes SF bug #497160 (which has the patch) and #460613. Bugfix candidate.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test/test_commands.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_commands.py9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_commands.py b/Lib/test/test_commands.py
index 1cd8b8b59c..aadd419a8a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_commands.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_commands.py
@@ -30,17 +30,18 @@ class CommandTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertNotEquals(status, 0)
def test_getstatus(self):
- # This pattern should match 'ls -ld /bin/ls' on any posix
+ # This pattern should match 'ls -ld /.' on any posix
# system, however perversely configured.
- pat = r'''[l-]..x..x..x # It is executable. (May be a symlink.)
+ pat = r'''d......... # It is a directory.
\s+\d+ # It has some number of links.
\s+\w+\s+\w+ # It has a user and group, which may
# be named anything.
+ \s+\d+ # It has a size.
[^/]* # Skip the date.
- /bin/ls # and end with the name of the file.
+ /. # and end with the name of the file.
'''
- self.assert_(re.match(pat, getstatus("/bin/ls"), re.VERBOSE))
+ self.assert_(re.match(pat, getstatus("/."), re.VERBOSE))
def test_main():