descMetaData user command test

Test Objectives

Exerscise valid command options in descMetaData user command
Exercise some invalid command options to test exception handling

APIs affected by this test

managerAPI: directs processing of the insertion user commands to the ligolwAPI and metadataAPI and returns the user command status to the user.
ligolwAPI:
- Retrieves the data to be ingested from the specified url to ilwd object and sends the ilwd to the metadataAPI for insertion.
metadataAPI:
- insert the metadata ilwd data from ligolwAPI into the specified database.

Setup

ligotools package is required for running this test. Check that it is mounted:

        ldas:ldas:ldas-dev.ldas-dev:test> df /ligotools
        Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
        /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s6    498316151 326700089 171616062  66% /export

Set up a default ldas account and password via ligotools utility ldaspw.

Install the following tests script in a directory on the ldas system; the scripts can be checked out from cvs.
- descMetadata.test main driver script


        Test Execution

		cd <your scripts directory>

		
        Usage: descMetaData.test [options] >& descMetData.log & 

        

            
                Option
                Description
			

                <dsname>
                database name at a site e.g. dev_1
        
e.g.

            descMetaData.test dev_1 >& descMetData.log &
		
		
Test Validation:
		When test has completed, check the end for all passes and no unexpected failures.
        e.g. 
            jobs with responses pending 0
            16 passed, 0 failed