Philosophers Tester - 42Lisbon

To clone with submodules: git clone --recursive <project url>

How to use it

• Run bash philosophers_tester.sh.

• The evaluated program should be named philo and be in the directory philo located next to the directory philosophers_tester.

• The bonus program program should be named philo_bonus and be in the directory philo_bonus located next to the directory philosophers_tester.

• The programm will set nb_of_times_every_philo_must_eat to 7 as default value.

• To change those default paths and values modify philo_path, philo_bonus_path and default_nb_meals in philosophers_tester.sh.

• By default the tester will show also the output of the philo program, to toggle it modifiy SHOW_PHILO_OUTPUT in headers/philosophers_tester.h and recompile with make re.

• If you want to add some custom tests feel free to do so, it's very easy. Just edit init_tests.sh.

Disclaimer

• Memory allocations/leaks are not tested
• The tester doesn't work for bonus, this is probably due to eval execution of the command in tester_loop.sh, it probably can be fixed easly if you know how to execute a command with arguments starting by a string that contains both.
• The tester is very strict about available forks evalutation and won't tollerate a philosopher taking a fork before the one having it explicitely stated he released it (by printing a status change to sleep).
• The program may (probably) have bugs and issues, be aware and use your own judgement when in doubt, also please feel free to reach me for feedback or bugs report.