libtap is a library that supports writing unit tests for C and C++ programs. Test output is compatible with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP). The first version of this libary was included with the FreeBSD operating system. An enhanced version, libtap2, was made available on sourceforge.com. Version 2 was then incorporated into the sxe project on github.com. This github libtap project is a stand-alone version of the library that can be built with the baker build program.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| make | Build the library |
| make test | Build and test the library |
| make package | Build the library and create a .deb package in the output directory |
To build on Linux, clone the baker repository, then run: ../baker/baker -t
To install libtap, run: sudo dpkg -i output/output/libtap_2.01_amd64.deb
See the included tap.3 manual page. A formatted version of the manual page can be found here: libtap Version 2 Programmer's Manual