project('unit-test', 'c', version : '1.0') write_file = find_program('write_file.py') # A test that consumes and verifies the output generated by a custom target. # Should work even if target is not built by default. Makes sure that foo.out # is actually created before the test command that uses foo_out is run. foo_out = custom_target('foo.out', output : 'foo.out', command : [write_file, '@OUTPUT@']) # Also verify that a build_by_default : false BuildTarget added to a test is # built before the test is run. exe_out = executable('out', 'main.c', build_by_default : false) py_file_exists = '''import os, sys if not os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]) or not os.path.exists(sys.argv[2]): print("could not find {!r} or {!r} in {!r}" "".format(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], os.getcwd())) sys.exit(1)''' python = import('python3').find_python() test('output-check', python, args : ['-c', py_file_exists, foo_out, exe_out])