Hardcoded paths in test suite

[pdalloz]

ls -l command run during test suite shows paths for modules, which change according to the environment name.

FIX OPTIONS:

• change width setting prior to ls -l tests so paths aren't output during the tests
• write a test preprocessor script that amends transcript file: transcript_debugPob_all_4be16d15420a432bb7ad09af88b0c001.txt
  • Maybe replace paths output during test by regex patterns for cmd2 test. I've already done something similar with object id's
  • Maybe replace paths in target transcript_debugPob_all_4be16d15420a432bb7ad09af88b0c001 with equivalent hardcoded paths derived from current environment

How I run the tests

    python /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Use_Cases/debugPob_all.py --test /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Transcript_Tests/transcript_debugPob_all_4be16d15420a432bb7ad09af88b0c001.txt

If the test fails I check if it's because of path changes between environments

Here is how I create a new transcript output for diff comparison

python /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Use_Cases/debugPob_all.py 'run_script  Transcript_Tests/script_debugPob_all_4be16d15420a432bb7ad09af88b0c001.txt -t /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Transcript_Tests/transcript_debugPob_all_20250620_c001b.txt' 'killsession'

Then compare new version transcript_debugPob_all_20250620_c001b.txt with known-correct original:
I use Beyond Compare

bcomp /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Transcript_Tests/transcript_debugPob_all_20250620_c001b.txt  /Users/peterdalloz/Dropbox/PYTHONDROPBOX/pobshell_publish/Transcript_Tests/transcript_debugPob_all_4be16d15420a432bb7ad09af88b0c001.txt

If the diff is only hardcoded paths, I consider the test successful

N.B. Not sure where I should document the other tests I run.