testTrapFork

fnbool testTrapFork(ulong usecTimeout, glib.types.TestTrapFlags testTrapFlags)

Fork the current test program to execute a test case that might not return or that might abort.

If usec_timeout is non-0, the forked test case is aborted and considered failing if its run time exceeds it.

The forking behavior can be configured with the #GTestTrapFlags flags.

In the following example, the test code forks, the forked child process produces some sample output and exits successfully. The forking parent process then asserts successful child program termination and validates child program outputs.

static void
 test_fork_patterns (void)
 {
   if (g_test_trap_fork (0, G_TEST_TRAP_SILENCE_STDOUT | G_TEST_TRAP_SILENCE_STDERR))
     {
       g_print ("some stdout text: somagic17\n");
       g_printerr ("some stderr text: semagic43\n");
       exit (0); // successful test run
     }
   g_test_trap_assert_passed ();
   g_test_trap_assert_stdout ("*somagic17*");
   g_test_trap_assert_stderr ("*semagic43*");
 }

Parameters

usecTimeoutTimeout for the forked test in micro seconds.
testTrapFlagsFlags to modify forking behaviour.

Returns

true for the forked child and false for the executing parent process.

Deprecated

This function is implemented only on Unix platforms,

is not always reliable due to problems inherent in fork-without-exec and doesn't set close-on-exec flag on its file descriptors. Use [glib.global.testTrapSubprocess] instead.