On 10 Dec 2010, at 16:21, Ben Mabey wrote: > On 12/10/10 8:56 AM, Matt Wynne wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> I'm writing some tests for file upload code. The files are binary, images >> mostly. I'm futzing around a bit, trying to figure out how to assert that >> the uploaded file is the same as some golden master. If I do this: >> >> File.read(uploaded_file_path).should == File.read(path_to_expected_file) >> >> Then when it fails, I get an ugly diff of the difference between the binary >> files. So I'm about to invent something of my own. Has anyone got a good >> pattern for doing this already? >> >> cheers, >> Matt > > I would compare the file's MD5 (or other) hash. It won't tell you what is > different.. just that they aren't identical which is what I think you want. > So... something like: > > Digest::MD5.hexdigest(File.read(uploaded_file_path)).should == > Digest::MD5.hexdigest(File.read(path_to_expected_file)) > > -Ben
Great minds, Ben :) I ended up with this: https://gist.github.com/736421 cheers, Matt m...@mattwynne.net 07974 430184 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
