The QEMUMachine uses a base temporary directory for all temporary needs. By setting it to the Avocado's workdir, it's possible to keep the temporary files during debugging sessions much more easily by setting the "--keep-tmp" command line option.
Reference: https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/85.0/api/test/avocado.html#avocado.Test.workdir Reference: https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/85.0/config/index.html#run-keep-tmp Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <cr...@redhat.com> --- tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py index bf54e419da..b7ab836455 100644 --- a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py +++ b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py @@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ class Test(avocado.Test): def _new_vm(self, *args): self._sd = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="avo_qemu_sock_") - vm = QEMUMachine(self.qemu_bin, sock_dir=self._sd.name) + vm = QEMUMachine(self.qemu_bin, base_temp_dir=self.workdir, + sock_dir=self._sd.name) if args: vm.add_args(*args) return vm -- 2.25.4
