Once you have the server running you can define a suite to run on it. The suite is described by a suite definition file. This is covered more completely in sections 5 and 6.
A suite definition in text format will have a structure similar to the following:
# Definition of the suite test suite test edit ECF_HOME /tmp/COURSEDIR task t1 endsuite
- The first line is a comment line. Any characters between the # and the end of line are ignored.
- Defines a new suite by the name of test. Only one suite can be defined in a definition file. Though a suite can contains details of more than one suite.
- Defines the ECFLOW variable ECF_HOME. This variable defines the directory where all the UNIX files that will be used by the suite test will reside.
- Defines a task named t1.
- The last line finishes the definition of the suite test
Defining suites using the Python API is discussed in section 6.