[TIP] getting (subprocess) coverage.py to work for the first time

[Dustin Lee]

OK, I think I understand my confusion now.  Since I had a

directory = coverage_html_report

line in my configuration file I assumed that this directory would just
start getting magically populated with data as the processes were running.
 Now I see that nothing happens until run

coverage report | html etc

Sorry for the noise.

dustin

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Dustin Lee <qhfgva at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was able to run a simple "coverage myscript.py" type example and also a
> "cov = coverage.coverage()" type.  This is just to confirm that I was able
> to see output and that basic functionality is in place.
>
> Now my intended use case is to use the subprocess functionality.
>
> I have the following in sitecustomize.py
>
> # from the documentation
> import coverage
> coverage.process_startup()
>
> and I ran the following in the shell window from which I'm kicking off my
> test:
> export COVERAGE_PROCESS_START=/home/mydir/.coveragerc
>
> My expectation now is that *any* python process that kicks off from here
> on out should be logging coverage data.  (Is that right?)
>
> Now is where I get lost.  I threw some lines in the coverage code itself
> to see if the configuration file was getting read and if process_startup
> was being called (and they were).  So now I'm trying to figure out where my
> output is going to or if I need to do something special to make the output
> start dumping.  Or if I'm even thinking about things correctly.
>
> Also what troubleshooting options do I have for trying to figure this out
> for myself?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> dustin
>
> --
> Dustin Lee
> qhfgva=rot13(dustin)
>



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Dustin Lee
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