[racket] Help: Running racket programs from command line

That is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks
Shad Kirmani

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:32 AM, John Clements
<clements at brinckerhoff.org>wrote:

>
> On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:35 PM, A Z wrote:
>
> > Hello Horace,
> >
> > I thank you for patiently explaining me how to run racket from command
> line.
> >
> > Actually, this is not exactly what I am looking for.
> >
> > What I want is a script file. Such that I can test the modules of the
> program from command prompt.
> >
> > Something like
> >
> > *******
> > #!/bin/bash
> > racket -f "file.rkt"
> >
> > racket (twice 2)
> > *******
>
> Ah! Caught.
>
> Okay, you want a file that tests another file.  The easy way to do this is
> not to dip into shell programming at all, but to write your script as
> another racket program.  For the example you provide:
>
> ****
> #lang racket
>
> (require "file.rkt")
> (require rackunit)
>
> (check-equal? (twice 2) 4)
> *****
>
>
> Then just run this file from the command-line.  If it were called
> 'tests.rkt', you could run it as
>
> racket tests.rkt
>
>
>
> John Clements
>
>
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