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Change current working directory

If you need to run some code in a different directory you can use the cd
command. It comes in two flavors:

* First can simply use cd 'some-dir'
* Second can use the block notation cd('some-dir') { Dir.getwd }

If you chose to use the latter one, the result of your block is returned. The
current working directory is only changed for the code inside the block -
it's use is side effect free.

Background
Given
I use a fixture named "cli-app"
Scenarios
  1. Existing directory
  2. Non-Existing directory
  3. With block in it-block
  4. With block in before-block
  5. The result of the block is returned
  6. It changes the PWD- and OLDPWD-ENV-variable for a given block
  7. Nested cd calls
Existing directory
Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do 
    create_directory 'new_dir.d'
    cd 'new_dir.d'
  end

  before(:each) { run_simple 'pwd' }

  it { expect(last_command_started.output).to include 'new_dir.d' }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass
Non-Existing directory
Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) { cd 'new_dir.d' }
  before(:each) { run_simple 'pwd' }

  it { expect(last_command_started.output).to include 'new_dir.d' }
  it { expect(last_command_started).to be_executed_in_time }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should not pass
With block in it-block
Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do
    create_directory 'new_dir.d/subdir.d'
  end

  it do
    cd('new_dir.d/subdir.d') { expect(Dir.getwd).to include 'new_dir.d/subdir.d'  }
  end
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass
With block in before-block

Running cd with a block does not change:

* The current directory - Dir.getwd
* Aruba's current directory

Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do
    create_directory 'new_dir.d/subdir.d'
  end

  before :each do
    cd('new_dir.d/subdir.d') do
      # you code
    end
  end

  it { expect(Dir.getwd).not_to include 'new_dir.d/subdir.d' }
  it { expect(expand_path('.')).not_to include 'new_dir.d/subdir.d' }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass
The result of the block is returned

If you need to run some code in a different directory, you can also use the
block-notation of cd.

Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do
    create_directory 'new_dir.d/subdir.d'
  end

  before :each do
    @my_output = cd('new_dir.d/subdir.d') { Dir.getwd }
  end

  it { expect(@my_output).to include 'new_dir.d/subdir.d' }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass
It changes the PWD- and OLDPWD-ENV-variable for a given block

If you need to run some code in a different directory, you can also use the
block-notation of cd.

Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do
    create_directory 'new_dir.d'
  end

  before :each do
    cd('new_dir.d/') do
      @pwd    = ENV['PWD'] 
      @oldpwd = ENV['OLDPWD'] 
    end
  end

  it { expect(@pwd).to end_with 'new_dir.d' }
  it { expect(@oldpwd).to end_with 'cli-app' }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass
Nested cd calls

If you need to run some code in a different directory, you can also use the
block-notation of cd.

Given
a file named "spec/cd_spec.rb" with: 
require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'cd to directory', :type => :aruba do
  before(:each) do
    create_directory 'new_dir.d/subdir.d'
  end

  before :each do
    @pwd = cd('new_dir.d') do
      cd('subdir.d') { run_simple('pwd') }
    end
  end

  it { expect(last_command_started.output.to_s).to include 'subdir.d'  }
end
When
I run rspec
Then
the specs should all pass

Last published over 7 years ago by Max Meyer.