How to run LIGO_LW <-> ILWD to XML conversion test of LDASdatabase table data

This is a series of tests that exercises conversion of ILWD to LIGO_LW and vice versa by 2 user commands for data to be inserted into LDAS database tables:

ILwd2Lw - converts ilwd file to xml
Lw2ILwd - converts xml file to ilwd

The LDAS APIs affected by this test are:

managerAPI: directs processing of the insertion user commands to the ligolwAPI and metadataAPI and returns the user command status to the user.

ligolwAPI:
- Converts ILwd file to xml via user command ILwd2Lw or xml to ilwd via Lw2ILwd.

Setup

Choose a directory to install the tests scripts.

The script files are:
ilwd2xml.test - main driver script


        ilwds generated from metadata test

Note: The above files should be installed on your local platform..

Running the test

The test should be run from your local platform, and run in the scripts directory.

cd <scripts directory>

Usage: ilwd2xml.test >& ilwd2xml.log &

Test Verification:

The script does a comparision of the output file (ilwd or xml) against the input specified by -ingestdata option of the user command Lw2Ilwd or ILwd2Lw; if there is no mismatch the test passes. Result xmls are copied to subdirectory xmldir.