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+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_cwctl.py	Sat Jan 16 13:48:51 2016 +0100
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+# copyright 2003-2014 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of CubicWeb.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+import sys
+import os
+from os.path import join
+from io import StringIO, BytesIO
+
+from six import PY2
+
+from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main
+
+from cubicweb.cwconfig import CubicWebConfiguration
+from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
+from cubicweb.server.migractions import ServerMigrationHelper
+
+CubicWebConfiguration.load_cwctl_plugins() # XXX necessary?
+
+
+class CubicWebCtlTC(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.stream = BytesIO() if PY2 else StringIO()
+        sys.stdout = self.stream
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+
+    def test_list(self):
+        from cubicweb.cwctl import ListCommand
+        ListCommand(None).run([])
+
+
+class CubicWebShellTC(CubicWebTC):
+
+    def test_process_script_args_context(self):
+        repo = self.repo
+        with self.admin_access.repo_cnx() as cnx:
+            mih = ServerMigrationHelper(None, repo=repo, cnx=cnx,
+                                        interactive=False,
+                                        # hack so it don't try to load fs schema
+                                        schema=1)
+            scripts = {'script1.py': list(),
+                       'script2.py': ['-v'],
+                       'script3.py': ['-vd', '-f', 'FILE.TXT'],
+                      }
+            mih.cmd_process_script(join(self.datadir, 'scripts', 'script1.py'),
+                                   funcname=None)
+            for script, args in scripts.items():
+                scriptname = os.path.join(self.datadir, 'scripts', script)
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(scriptname))
+                mih.cmd_process_script(scriptname, None, scriptargs=args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest_main()