Introduction

Welcome to the Ballista OS Robustness Test Suite. The purpose of this test suite is to facilitate testing POSIX function robustness. The test suite:

• Runs strictly on your computer. No server is involved.
• Executes via a single command and is designed to require minimal user interaction.
• Performs Ballista tests on each of the supported POSIX functions.
• Records, tabulates, and summarizes the results.
• Supports stand-alone program creation for individual failed test cases in order to reproduce and isolate robustness failures.

This software package can be ported to most POSIX-based operating systems with relative ease, and is useful for comparing competitive operating systems or different versions of the same operating system. This "do it yourself " utility does not add any additional testing capabilities to the standard ballista client. Instead the purpose is to provide a friendlier option for testing POSIX systems.

Updates

Funding for this project has long since terminated. We regret that we can offer no support for this package. It runs on a fairly old version of tools and will almost certainly require editing and porting work. Nonetheless, this is a complete release and is a starting point for anyone adventureous enough to have a go at it.

System Requirements

You must execute this test suite on a POSIX-compliant system (i.e., on a "Unix" system). Sorry, but Microsoft Windows (in any versions) is not supported. Beyond that, there are certain utilities and programs upon which the test suite is dependent.

Ballista Related Links:

• Ballista OS Test Suite Download - Instructions on Downloading and Executing the Ballista OS Test Suite
• Expanding Ballista OS Test Suite to Non-POSIX Functions - Instructions on Modifying the Test Suite to test new functions.
• Ballista Home Page - Overview of the Ballista Project
• Ballista OS Robustness Test Suite Home Page - Overview of the Test Suite (Current Page)

The Ballista OS Robustness Test Suite is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License