The `run-tests.sh` script is called by various testers to do the work of testing. Each test is actually fairly simple: it is a comparison of standard output and standard error, as per the program specification. In any given program specification directory, there exists a specific `tests/` directory which holds the expected return code, standard output, and standard error in files called `n.rc`, `n.out`, and `n.err` (respectively) for each test `n`. The testing framework just starts at `1` and keeps incrementing tests until it can't find any more or encounters a failure. Thus, adding new tests is easy; just add the relevant files to the tests directory at the lowest available number. The files needed to describe a test number `n` are: - `n.rc`: The return code the program should return (usually 0 or 1) - `n.out`: The standard output expected from the test - `n.err`: The standard error expected from the test - `n.run`: How to run the test (which arguments it needs, etc.) - `n.desc`: A short text description of the test - `n.pre` (optional): Code to run before the test, to set something up - `n.post` (optional): Code to run after the test, to clean something up In most cases, a wrapper script is used to call `run-tests.sh` to do the necessary work. The options for `run-tests.sh` include: * `-h` (the help message) * `-v` (verbose: print what each test is doing) * `-t n` (run only test `n`) * `-c` (continue even after a test fails) * `-d` (run tests not from `tests/` directory but from this directory instead)