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mars-dosutils/test/rights/README.md
Mario Fetka 4ad455c6df dosutils: add maintainer helpers and compare-ready tools
Add maintainer-only support used by the automated DOS compatibility
tests.

This introduces the MAINTAINER_BUILD option for the DOS tools. In
maintainer builds, LOGIN accepts the hidden /PWD: and /PASSWORD:
arguments for automated test relogin, and the DLYSTRT helper is built to
delay-start DOS batch files after the invoking batch has returned to the
prompt.

Add the WHOAMI utility and wire it into the NET command dispatch. Also
adjust SLIST and RIGHTS output to match Novell behavior more closely,
including server-not-found handling, path formatting, Supervisor rights,
missing-path errors and usage text.

Extend the test scripts to compare NPUBLIC Novell baselines against the
PUBLIC implementations. LOGIN/LOGOUT can now run automatically via
DLYSTRT and the maintainer LOGIN password option. RIGHTS gains an
additional NOPASSUSER effective-rights matrix that covers single rights,
mixed rights, Supervisor rights, ALL/N and file trustee cases.

Normal builds remain free of maintainer-only helpers and hidden password
handling.
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RGHTSTA - RIGHTS comparison test

RGHTSTA.BAT compares Novell RIGHTS with the current implementation.

Result directories:

F:\RGHTCMP\OUT       Novell baseline using \NPUBLIC\RIGHTS
F:\RGHTCMP\PUBOUT    current implementation using \PUBLIC\RIGHTS
F:\RGHTCMP\COMPARE.LOG

The test keeps the original Novell-baseline behavior and adds the public-tool comparison layer.

Coverage:

  • default/current directory from F:\
  • explicit directory and subdirectory paths
  • explicit file and nested file paths
  • default/current directory from inside the test directory
  • relative file and relative directory paths
  • missing directory/file paths
  • too-many-arguments and /? usage/help cases

operation. Its redirected output must be identical to the normal Novell output. That means:

OUT == PUBOUT

Run:

F:
CD \
RGHTSTA
RGHTZIP

The generated test tree is F:\RGHTEST. RGHTZIP.BAT packages the result and then removes F:\RGHTEST again so the SYS root stays clean.

Note: RIGHTS currently has no short-output comparison in this baseline test. That switch exists for NDIR-style output control and should only be added to RIGHTS later if the tool implements it explicitly.