[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54955] 'test savefig' assumes it can write to current directory, leaves file behind

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54955>

                 Summary: 'test savefig' assumes it can write to current
directory, leaves file behind
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sun 04 Nov 2018 10:25:57 AM PST
                Category: Test Suite
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The unit tests in savefig.m have a couple of problems.

The first is that the test fails if pwd is an unwriteable directory. If the
test needs to write files, it should write them to a newly created temporary
directory.

Relatedly, if the current directory is writeable, the test leaves behind a
file 'myfig.fig' in the current directory when the test finishes and even
after Octave exits.

A temporary directory should be used to write files and be cleaned up
properly.




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