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otest(1) BSD General Commands Manual otest(1)

NAME
otest -- SenTestingKit, OCUnit.

SYNOPSIS
otest [-SenTest Self | All | None | <TestCaseClassName/testMethodName>] path

DESCRIPTION
otest runs the unit tests found in the bundle given at path.

ARGUMENTS
-SenTest value This flag denotes the scope of the unit test to be run. Possible values are Self, All,
None and <TestCaseClassName/testMethodName>. The default value is Self.

path Path to the bundle that contains the unit tests.

OBJECTIVE-C GARBAGE COLLECTION
otest is built with support for Objective-C garbage collection. Due to the "whole process" nature of
Objective-C garbage collection, invoking otest from the command line or an IDE or debugger will run
otest with garbage collection enabled. Doing so requires that the bundle containing the unit tests
also be built with support for garbage collection.

To avoid this requirement and disable garbage collection, run otest in an environment with the
OBJC_DISABLE_GC environment variable set to YES.

ENVIRONMENT
OBJC_DISABLE_GC Set to YES to disable Objective-C garbage collection for otest when running test bun-dles bundles
dles that do not use it.

FILES
/Developer/Tools/RunTargetUnitTests A script that calls otest with the correct arguments for use with
Xcode.

SEE ALSO
RunTargetUnitTests(1), otest(1)

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