/**
@page run_test_howto How to write a run_test.pl

ACE/TAO's auto_builds expect run_test.pl's to follow some guidelines
that are needed to keep the auto_builds from hanging and to make
sure the run_test.pl works on all platforms

- The run_test must not hang or block.
- The run_test must clean up any temporary files when it is done.  
- The run_test must not require any user input
- The run_test should return a non-zero value if the test failed

Following is an example

@subsection example Example

@verbatim
eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    & eval 'exec perl -S $0 $argv:q'
    if 0;

# run_test.txt,v 1.3 2001/03/05 03:40:39 brunsch Exp
# -*- perl -*-

use lib '../../../bin';
use PerlACE::Run_Test;

$status = 0;

$server_ior = PerlACE::LocalFile ("server.ior");
unlink $server_ior;

$SV = new PerlACE::Process ("server", "-o $server_ior");
$CL = new PerlACE::Process ("client", "-k file://$server_ior");

$SV->Spawn ();

if (PerlACE::waitforfile_timed ($server_ior, 5) == -1) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: cannot find file <$server_ior>\n";
    $SV->Kill ();
    exit 1;
} 

$client = $CL->SpawnWaitKill (60);

if ($client != 0) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: client returned $client\n";
    $status = 1;
}

$server = $SV->TerminateWaitKill (5);

if ($server != 0) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: server returned $server\n";
    $status = 1;
}

unlink $server_ior;
 
exit $status;
@endverbatim

@subsection details Example Details

@verbatim
eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    & eval 'exec perl -S $0 $argv:q'
    if 0;

# run_test.txt,v 1.3 2001/03/05 03:40:39 brunsch Exp
@endverbatim

This is the standard header stuff.  The eval is a trick used
to get the perl script to run if it a unix shell treats it as
a shell script.

The CVS ID string is the usual one we put in.

@verbatim
use lib '../../../bin';
use PerlACE::Run_Test;
@endverbatim

The use lib line is used to tell Perl where the PerlACE modules are.
It should be a relative path to the bin directory.

And PerlACE::Run_Test is a module to be used by all run_test.pl's.
It does a couple of things, including parsing some common command
line arguments (like -Config and -ExeSubDir) and also brings in
the PerlACE::Process module.

@verbatim
$status = 0;

$server_ior = PerlACE::LocalFile ("server.ior");

unlink $server_ior;
@endverbatim

Because of the way tests work on chorus, we need to have a fully 
qualified path to all *.ior and *.conf files.  We unlink the file
immediately because we use PerlACE::waitforfile_timed later.

@verbatim
$SV = new PerlACE::Process ("server", "-o $server_ior");
$CL = new PerlACE::Process ("client", " -k file://$server_ior ");

$SV->Spawn ();
@endverbatim

The PerlACE::Process is constructed with an executable and 
arguments.  @note Unlike the old Process module, the process
isn't started until one of the Spawn methods is used.

@verbatim
if (PerlACE::waitforfile_timed ($server_ior, 5) == -1) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: cannot find file <$server_ior>\n";
    $SV->Kill (); 
    exit 1;
} 
@endverbatim

The PerlACE::waitforfile_timed method waits until the file is
created.  In this way, we know when to start the client.  If
no IOR file is used, then you'd need to use Perl's sleep 
method. 

@verbatim
$client = $CL->SpawnWaitKill (60);

if ($client != 0) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: client returned $client\n";
    $status = 1;
}
@endverbatim

Here is an example of starting the client.  SpawnWaitKill will start 
the process and wait for the specified number of seconds for the 
process to end.  If the time limit is reached, it will kill the 
process and return -1.  

The return value of SpawnWaitKill is the return value of the 
process, unless it timed out.  You don't need to check for the 
timeout, since SpawnWaitKill will print out a timeout error.  
Instead, just check for != 0.

@verbatim
$server = $SV->TerminateWaitKill (5);

if ($server != 0) {
    print STDERR "ERROR: server returned $server\n";
    $status = 1;
}
@endverbatim

Here is the termination of the server.  Servers are usually terminated
either by TerminateWaitKill or just WaitKill.  TerminateWaitKill is 
used when the server doesn't shut down itself.  WaitKill is used when
it does (such as when the client calls a shutdown method).  Once
again, we check the return status.


@verbatim
unlink $server_ior;
 
exit $status;
@endverbatim

And finally, we unlink any files that were created and then just
exit with $status.  

*/