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only 1 file is ever executed under my tests/ folder for TestCafe

I have multiple test_*.js files underneath a /testcafe/tests/folder. When executing TestCafe from commandline OR via Visual Studio, only ONE file is ever executed....why would that be?

  • tests (folder)
    • test_somefilename.js
    • test_someOtherfilename.js
    • test_onlyfileexecuted.js
    • test_anotherfilename.js

When running the following command, only 1 of the files is ever executed:

testcafe <pathToTestFolder>/tests/*.js

this will only ever execute the file named test_onlyfileexecuted.js

WHY? I can manually type in the command to execute every single file and TestCafe works perfectly, but when doing glob pattern, that is the only tests found/executed....So Confused

Solution

  • Just run testcafe {browser} <pathToTestFolder>/tests/ (no *.js) and Testcafe will automatically pick up all the tests in that directory