Add --with-test-dir option to configure

All 'make check' tests will chdir() into this directory before
running the suite. This provides the option of having temporary
files generated in a tmpfs or ramdisk

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/tests/common.c b/src/tests/common.c
index 50dc61b16..4ae1f490b 100644
--- a/src/tests/common.c
+++ b/src/tests/common.c
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 
 #include "tests/common.h"
 #include "util/dlinklist.h"
-#include "util/util.h"
 
 TALLOC_CTX *global_talloc_context = NULL;
+#include "util/util.h"
 
 struct size_snapshot {
     struct size_snapshot *prev;
@@ -107,3 +107,19 @@ leak_check_teardown(void)
     }
     check_leaks(global_talloc_context, 0);
 }
+
+void
+tests_set_cwd(void)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = chdir(TEST_DIR);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        if (strlen(TEST_DIR)) {
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                    "Could not chdir to [%s].\n"
+                    "Attempting to continue with current dir\n",
+                    TEST_DIR);
+        }
+    }
+}