# add_test

Add a test to the project to be run by `ctest(1)`.

    add_test(NAME <name> COMMAND <command> [<arg>...]
             [CONFIGURATIONS <config>...]
             [WORKING_DIRECTORY <dir>]
             [COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS])

Adds a test called `<name>`. The test name may contain arbitrary characters, expressed as a Quoted Argument or Bracket Argument if necessary. See policy `CMP0110`. The options are:

`COMMAND`

  Specify the test command-line. If `<command>` specifies an executable target (created by `add_executable()`) it will automatically be replaced by the location of the executable created at build time.

`CONFIGURATIONS`

  Restrict execution of the test only to the named configurations.

`WORKING_DIRECTORY`

  Set the `WORKING_DIRECTORY` test property to specify the working directory in which to execute the test. If not specified the test will be run with the current working directory set to the build directory corresponding to the current source directory.

`COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS`

  New in version 3.16.

  Lists in `COMMAND` arguments will be expanded, including those created with `generator expressions`.

The given test command is expected to exit with code `0` to pass and non-zero to fail, or vice-versa if the `WILL_FAIL` test property is set. Any output written to stdout or stderr will be captured by `ctest(1)` but does not affect the pass/fail status unless the `PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION`, `FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION` or `SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION` test property is used.

New in version 3.16: Added `SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION` property.

The `COMMAND` and `WORKING_DIRECTORY` options may use "generator expressions" with the syntax `$<...>`. See the `cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available expressions.

Example usage:

    add_test(NAME mytest
             COMMAND testDriver --config $<CONFIG>
                                --exe $<TARGET_FILE:myexe>)

This creates a test `mytest` whose command runs a `testDriver` tool passing the configuration name and the full path to the executable file produced by target `myexe`.

Note

CMake will generate tests only if the `enable_testing()` command has been invoked. The `CTest` module invokes the command automatically unless the `BUILD_TESTING` option is turned `OFF`.

    add_test(<name> <command> [<arg>...])

Add a test called `<name>` with the given command-line. Unlike the above `NAME` signature no transformation is performed on the command-line to support target names or generator expressions.