Run swmr tests in their own subdirectory of test to avoid signal

file deletion by other tests.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/testswmr.sh.in b/test/testswmr.sh.in
index c4a75e8..85e169a 100644
--- a/test/testswmr.sh.in
+++ b/test/testswmr.sh.in
@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     esac
 done
 
+# HDF5 has several tests that create and delete signal files to communicate
+# between processes, and it seems that even though the names of the files are
+# different, occasionally the wrong file is deleted, interrupting the flow of
+# the test.  Running each of these tests in its own directory should eliminate
+# the problem.
+mkdir -p swmr_test/.libs
+cp swmr* swmr_test
+
+# With the --disable-shared option, swmr program files are built in the test
+# directory, otherwise they are in test/.libs with a corresponding wrapper
+# script in the test directory.  The programs or wrapper scripts in test should
+# always be copied, swmr files in .libs should be copied only if they exists.
+if [ -f .libs/swmr ]; then
+    cp .libs/swmr* swmr_test/.libs
+fi
+
+cd swmr_test
+
+
 # Loop over index types
 for index_type in "-i ea" "-i b2" 
 do
@@ -521,6 +540,10 @@ done
 $DPRINT nerrors=$nerrors
 if test $nerrors -eq 0 ; then
     echo "SWMR tests passed."
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+        # delete the test directory
+        rm -rf swmr_test
+    fi
     exit 0
 else
     echo "SWMR tests failed with $nerrors errors."