On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:37 AM, John Topley wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing a gem that enumerates the files within a specified > directory and sub-directories. It's a module that has a single class > method that returns an array containing the file names, but that array > will also contain elements that represent metadata about the files. > For example, one element will be a hash that's computed from the > contents of each file, so that if a file is changed a different hash > will be returned. > > I'm pretty new to RSpec and the thing I am struggling with is how to > mock or stub not only the files, but also their contents. I know that > the implementation will use Find.find, but I don't want to give it a > real directory of fixture files for the specs to use because then how > will I change the contents of a file to test that a different hash is > returned? > > These are the pending examples I have so far: > > it "should return a list of files within the specified directory" > it "should compute a hash of the files within the specified directory" > it "should compute a different hash if the content of a file changes" > it "shouldn't include hidden files or directories within the specified > directory" > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Take a look at http://github.com/defunkt/fakefs. It stubs the file system for you, allowing you to create files in an in-memory file system that then gets blown away after the example. HTH, David _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
