make compare_rendered_pictures_test.py run end-to-end test

gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py

Index: gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py
diff --git a/gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py b/gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py
index eec0c8da0a4e836a97392482e2054baf02ad59c1..3df45a9ee71966b7126875a39c612ca3720bbf6e 100755
--- a/gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py
+++ b/gm/rebaseline_server/base_unittest.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ for various unittests within this directory.
 import filecmp
 import os
 import shutil
+import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 PARENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+TRUNK_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(PARENT_DIR))
 TESTDATA_DIR = os.path.join(PARENT_DIR, 'testdata')
 OUTPUT_DIR_ACTUAL = os.path.join(TESTDATA_DIR, 'outputs', 'actual')
 OUTPUT_DIR_EXPECTED = os.path.join(TESTDATA_DIR, 'outputs', 'expected')
@@ -59,6 +61,51 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tell unittest framework to not print docstrings for test cases."""
     return None
 
+  def run_command(self, args):

[borenet, 2014/05/07 18:47:49]

Why not just use subprocess.check_output which seems to do the same thing?

[epoger, 2014/05/07 19:27:49]

Because I'm stupid, that's why.

+    """Runs a program from the command line and returns stdout.
+
+    Args:
+      args: Command line to run, as a list of string parameters. args[0] is the
+            binary to run.
+
+    Returns:
+      stdout from the program, as a single string.
+
+    Raises:
+      Exception: the program exited with a nonzero return code.
+    """
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(args,
+                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    (stdout, stderr) = proc.communicate()
+    if proc.returncode is not 0:
+      raise Exception('command "%s" failed: %s' % (args, stderr))
+    return stdout
+
+  def find_path_to_program(self, program):
+    """Returns path to an existing program binary.
+
+    Args:
+      program: Basename of the program to find (e.g., 'render_pictures').
+
+    Returns:
+      Absolute path to the program binary, as a string.
+
+    Raises:
+      Exception: unable to find the program binary.
+    """
+    possible_paths = [os.path.join(TRUNK_DIR, 'out', 'Release', program),
+                      os.path.join(TRUNK_DIR, 'out', 'Debug', program),
+                      os.path.join(TRUNK_DIR, 'out', 'Release',
+                                   program + '.exe'),
+                      os.path.join(TRUNK_DIR, 'out', 'Debug',
+                                   program + '.exe')]
+    for try_path in possible_paths:
+      if os.path.isfile(try_path):
+        return try_path
+    raise Exception('cannot find %s in paths %s; maybe you need to '
+                    'build %s?' % (program, possible_paths, program))
+
 
 def create_empty_dir(path):
   """Create an empty directory at the given path."""