Re: [boost] [test] [build] best practices for looking up data files from test executables

Stefan Seefeld wrote:

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Use the "input files" parameter of the run rule.

run my_test.cpp : : my_datafile.txt ;

This will pass my_datafile.txt (with the correct path) to your test executable in argv[1].

But using boost::test I don't have direct access to argv, or do I ? I don't get to write my own main() function...

I don't quite understand Boost.Test so I'm not sure which is the idiomatic way to both use automatic registration for convenience and still be able to access argv[1], but it ought to be possible somehow. :-) http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/tests_org... http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/tests_org...