Suite definitions

Once you have the server running you can define a suite to run on it. The suite is described by a suite definition file. This is covered more completely in later sections. A suite definition in text format will have a structure similar to the following:

# Definition of the suite test
suite test
  edit ECF_HOME /tmp/COURSEDIR
  task t1
endsuite

  1. The first line is a comment line. Any characters between the # and the end of the line are ignored.

  2. Defines a new suite by the name of test.

  3. Defines the ecFlow variable ECF_HOME. This variable defines the directory where all the UNIX files that will be used by the suite test will reside.

  4. Defines a task named t1.

  5. The last line finishes the definition of the suite test

Defining suites using the Python API is discussed later in this manual.