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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (C) 2013 by Katerina Barone-Adesi <kat.obsc@gmail.com>
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import time
+import unittest
+
+import osmopy.obscvty as obscvty
+import osmopy.osmoutil as osmoutil
+
+"""Test a VTY. Warning: osmoappdesc must be imported first."""
+
+
+class TestVTY(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        osmo_vty_cmd = osmoappdesc.vty_command
+        try:
+            self.proc = osmoutil.popen_devnull(osmo_vty_cmd)
+        except OSError:
+            print >> sys.stderr, "Current directory: %s" % os.getcwd()
+            print >> sys.stderr, "Consider setting -w"
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+        appstring = osmoappdesc.vty_app[2]
+        appport = osmoappdesc.vty_app[0]
+        self.vty = obscvty.VTYInteract(appstring, "127.0.0.1", appport)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.vty = None
+        osmoutil.end_proc(self.proc)
+
+    def test_history(self):
+        t1 = "show version"
+        self.vty.command(t1)
+        test_str = "show history"
+        assert(self.vty.w_verify(test_str, [t1]))
+
+    def test_unknown_command(self):
+        test_str = "help show"
+        assert(self.vty.verify(test_str, ['% Unknown command.']))
+
+    def test_terminal_length(self):
+        test_str = "terminal length 20"
+        assert(self.vty.verify(test_str, ['']))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import argparse
+    import os
+    import sys
+
+    workdir = "."
+    confpath = "."
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--pythonconfpath", dest="p",
+                        help="searchpath for config")
+    parser.add_argument("-w", "--workdir", dest="w",
+                        help="Working directory to run in")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.w:
+        workdir = args.w
+
+    if args.p:
+        confpath = args.p
+    osmoappdesc = None
+    try:
+        osmoappdesc = osmoutil.importappconf(confpath, "osmoappdesc")
+    except ImportError as e:
+        print >> sys.stderr, "osmoappdesc not found, set searchpath with -p"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    os.chdir(workdir)
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestVTY)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=1).run(suite)
+    sys.exit(len(res.errors) + len(res.failures))