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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+# The setup function runs before every test
+setup_file() {
+ # Delete the student.db file if it exists
+ if [ -f "student.db" ]; then
+ rm "student.db"
+ fi
+}
+
+@test "Check if database is empty to start" {
+ run ./sdbsc -p
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "$output" = "Database contains no student records." ]
+}
+
+@test "Add a student 1 to db" {
+ run ./sdbsc -a 1 john doe 3.45
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 1 added to database." ]
+}
+
+@test "Add more students to db" {
+ run ./sdbsc -a 3 jane doe 3.90
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 3 added to database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+
+ run ./sdbsc -a 63 jim doe 2.85
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 63 added to database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+
+ run ./sdbsc -a 64 janet doe 3.10
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 64 added to database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+
+ run ./sdbsc -a 99999 big dude 2.05
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 99999 added to database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Check student count" {
+ run ./sdbsc -c
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Database contains 5 student record(s)." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Make sure adding duplicate student fails" {
+ run ./sdbsc -a 63 dup student 300
+ [ "$status" -eq 1 ] || {
+ echo "Expecting status of 1, got: $status"
+ return 1
+ }
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Cant add student with ID=63, already exists in db." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Make sure the file size is correct at this time" {
+ run stat --format="%s" ./student.db
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "6400000" ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ echo "Expected: 64000000"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+#@test "Make sure the file storage is correct at this time" {
+# run du -h ./student.db
+# [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+# #note du -h puts a tab between the 2 fields need to match on that
+# [ "$output" = "12K$(echo -e '\t')./student.db" ] || {
+# echo "Failed Output: $output"
+# echo "12K ./student.db"
+# return 1
+# }
+#}
+
+@test "Find student 3 in db" {
+ run ./sdbsc -f 3
+
+ # Ensure the command ran successfully
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+ # Use echo with -n to avoid adding extra newline and normalize spaces
+ normalized_output=$(echo -n "${lines[1]}" | tr -s '[:space:]' ' ')
+
+ # Define the expected output
+ expected_output="3 jane doe 0.03"
+
+ # Compare the normalized output with the expected output
+ [ "$normalized_output" = "$expected_output" ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $normalized_output"
+ echo "Expected: $expected_output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Try looking up non-existent student" {
+ run ./sdbsc -f 4
+ [ "$status" -eq 1 ] || {
+ echo "Expecting status of 1, got: $status"
+ return 1
+ }
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 4 was not found in database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Delete student 64 in db" {
+ run ./sdbsc -d 64
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 64 was deleted from database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Try deleting non-existent student" {
+ run ./sdbsc -d 65
+ [ "$status" -eq 1 ] || {
+ echo "Expecting status of 1, got: $status"
+ return 1
+ }
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 65 was not found in database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Check student count again, should be 4 now" {
+ run ./sdbsc -c
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Database contains 4 student record(s)." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Print student records" {
+ # Run the command
+ run ./sdbsc -p
+
+ # Ensure the command ran successfully
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+ # Normalize the output by replacing multiple spaces with a single space
+ normalized_output=$(echo -n "$output" | tr -s '[:space:]' ' ')
+
+ # Define the expected output (normalized)
+ expected_output="ID FIRST NAME LAST_NAME GPA 1 john doe 0.03 3 jane doe 0.03 63 jim doe 0.02 99999 big dude 0.02"
+
+ # Compare the normalized output
+ [ "$normalized_output" = "$expected_output" ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $normalized_output"
+ echo "Expected Output: $expected_output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+#if you implemented the compress db function remove the
+#skip from the tests below
+
+#@test "Double check storage at this point" {
+# run du -h ./student.db
+# [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+# #note du -h puts a tab between the 2 fields need to match on that
+# [ "$output" = "12K$(echo -e '\t')./student.db" ] || {
+# echo "Failed Output: $output"
+# echo "12K ./student.db"
+# return 1
+# }
+#}
+
+@test "Compress db - try 1" {
+ skip
+ run ./sdbsc -x
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Database successfully compressed!" ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+#@test "One block should be gone" {
+# run du -h ./student.db
+# [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+# #note du -h puts a tab between the 2 fields need to match on that
+# [ "$output" = "8.0K$(echo -e '\t')./student.db" ] || {
+# echo "Failed Output: $output"
+# echo "8.0K ./student.db"
+# return 1
+# }
+#}
+
+@test "Delete student 99999 in db" {
+ skip
+ run ./sdbsc -d 99999
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Student 99999 was deleted from database." ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+@test "Compress db again - try 2" {
+ skip
+ run ./sdbsc -x
+ [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+ [ "${lines[0]}" = "Database successfully compressed!" ] || {
+ echo "Failed Output: $output"
+ return 1
+ }
+}
+
+#@test "Should be down to 1 block" {
+# run du -h ./student.db
+# [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+# #note du -h puts a tab between the 2 fields need to match on that
+# [ "$output" = "4.0K$(echo -e '\t')./student.db" ] || {
+# echo "Failed Output: $output"
+# echo "4.0K ./student.db"
+# return 1
+# }
+#}