On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 1:47 PM Gergely Brautigam <skarlso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! > > The best way to do it is, to have these files in a folder next to the test > called `testdata` and then when the test starts, simply copy them into a > temp location. And then make your program work with an environment property > or setting which can configure the path in which is loads these files from > and set that environment property for the test to the Temp folder you just > copied your files to. > > And don't forget to defer os.RemoveAll(tmp) :) > You don't need this if you use t.TempDir <https://pkg.go.dev/testing#T.TempDir> to create the tempdir. :) > > On Wednesday, 23 February 2022 at 16:30:06 UTC+1 david....@gmail.com > wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 8:53 AM Leam Hall <leam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My program uses data and template files located relative to the binary. >>> Since go test creates the binary under test in /tmp/go-build....., there >>> are no data or template files. How do I either specify what directory to >>> build in so I can create the files, or get the tmp directory name before >>> the tests are run so I can write files to it? >>> >> >> When go test runs tests, they run with the current working directory >> inside the package's directory, so relative paths should work. >> >> Another option that you might want to consider is using //go:embed >> directives to embed those files in your binary. (package doc: >> https://pkg.go.dev/embed) >> This way you never need to resolve anything relative to the binary again. >> >> Note: unless you use mlock(2) embedding in the binary shouldn't bloat >> memory usage, since the data will only be paged into memory at first-access. >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Leam >>> >>> -- >>> Site Automation Engineer (reuel.net/resume) >>> Scribe: The Domici War (domiciwar.net) >>> General Ne'er-do-well (github.com/LeamHall) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/7d8cf3dc-14ab-315f-ce5a-9e3cca877e17%40gmail.com >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/8ffeae9e-ce1d-4a7d-af01-b24a1d13c7cdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/8ffeae9e-ce1d-4a7d-af01-b24a1d13c7cdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CANrC0BjvgCD%3D7GrhSsV1xHuZjGj6wHso_-qpCWBRbEj8MW-%3DgA%40mail.gmail.com.
