Smoke Test is a simple (and very incomplete) benchmarking utility for UNIX and Unix-like systems. It’s licensed under the MIT license a BSD-style license, in the interests of allowing freeloading.
Where to Get It
At present, there are no releases of Smoke Test available (that is, no packaged binaries), and this will remain the case until I consider the application complete enough to slap a 1.0 on it. In the meantime, you can clone the latest stable code from its Bazaar repository using git clone git://github.com/jrothwell/smoketest.gitbzr checkout lp:~jrothwell97/smoketest/trunk. You’ll need Bazaar installed to do this.
From then on, simply run make to build it. You’ll need GNU Make, GCC and G++ installed to do this.
Questions
What about a Windows version?
Maybe in the future, but not now. It may compile on Windows, it may not. I haven’t tested it. Please contact me if you do get it working on Windows.
What about the unstable version?
Well, at present, there is no ‘stable’ version as such. However, there is an unstable branch, cutting, which can be checked out using bzr checkout lp:~jrothwell97/smoketest/cutting
Support? Manual?
At present, it’s only interactive, so it should be pretty self-explanatory. If you run into issues, please do let me know. (Also, there is no warranty, so don’t complain to me if it eats your hard drive, or your children.)
