[pytest-dev] Pytest (2.3.3) is not taking arguments on windows-Please help

[Dhruv Bhagi]

Hey Holger,
Thank you so much for the reply. I fixed this issue. There were few plugins
missing in my pytest while setting the test env. I really appreciate you
for taking your time to respond.

Thanks,
Dhruv


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:43 AM, holger krekel <holger at merlinux.eu> wrote:

> Hi Dhruv,
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 22:50 -0800, Dhruv Bhagi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm relatively new to using pytest on windows. I have bunch of test files
> > (like test1.py, test2.py, test3.py etc in a folder tests). The goal is to
> > run a particular individual test <say test1.py>by running the command
> > 'pytest test1.py'. Instead, pytest is running all the tests in the
> 'tests'
> > folder <rather than running only test1.py>. pytest is not even any
> > arguments <like --version, --help etc.>. If i do 'pytest --version', it
> > still runs all the tests in the folder.
> >
> > So the problem is, pytest not parsing/taking any arguments supplied to
> it.
> > This is happening only on windows (i'm using windows7, pytest 2.3.3).
> > Anyone seen this before? What could be possibly wrong? (Or) what part of
> > the pytest code should i look at to drill down to the problem? Please
> > advise.
> >
> > I'm kinda blocked by this. I will be greatly thankful for your help.
>
>
> I suspect you are using the wrong tool.  The package "pytest" installs
> the "py.test" tool (mind the dot).  There also is another tool "pytest"
> which is installed under a different package name (something with "logilab"
> i think).  The confusion is historic -- i guess pytest could at some point
> move to just provide "pytest" and "py.test".
>
> cheers,
> holger
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dhruv
>
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with regards,
Dhruva Kumar Bhagi,
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Belmont, CA
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