From 21f502d397376dc8b76df183a1d82ac0a8fd1b54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Burlen Loring <bloring@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:18:18 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add app tests for command line options

---
 CMake/teca_app.cmake     |  1 +
 CMake/teca_python.cmake  |  1 +
 test/apps/CMakeLists.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CMake/teca_app.cmake b/CMake/teca_app.cmake
index fbaa0e923..82bb06234 100644
--- a/CMake/teca_app.cmake
+++ b/CMake/teca_app.cmake
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function (teca_add_app app_name)
                 teca_system teca_core teca_data teca_io teca_alg
                 ${APP_LIBS})
         endif()
+        set_target_properties(${app_name} PROPERTIES APP_TYPE C++)
         install(TARGETS ${app_name} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${BIN_PREFIX})
     else()
         message(STATUS "command line application ${app_name} -- disabled")
diff --git a/CMake/teca_python.cmake b/CMake/teca_python.cmake
index 181136529..b94dcb80c 100644
--- a/CMake/teca_python.cmake
+++ b/CMake/teca_python.cmake
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function (teca_add_python_app app_name)
                 set(APP_SOURCES "${app_name}.in")
             endif()
             add_custom_target(${app_name})
+            set_target_properties(${app_name} PROPERTIES APP_TYPE Python)
             teca_py_install_apps(${APP_SOURCES})
         else()
             message(STATUS "command line application ${app_name} -- disabled")
diff --git a/test/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/test/apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 75681fccc..007e11c58 100644
--- a/test/apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -442,3 +442,36 @@ teca_add_app_test(test_cf_restripe_app_mpi teca_cf_restripe
     ${MPIEXEC} ${TEST_CORES}
     FEATURES ${TECA_HAS_NETCDF_MPI} ${TECA_HAS_MPI}
     REQ_TECA_DATA)
+
+set(app_names
+    teca_bayesian_ar_detect
+    teca_cf_restripe
+    teca_convert_table
+    teca_deeplab_ar_detect
+    teca_event_filter
+    teca_integrated_vapor_transport
+    teca_metadata_probe
+    teca_profile_explorer
+    teca_tc_detect
+    teca_tc_stats
+    teca_tc_trajectory
+    teca_tc_trajectory_scalars
+    teca_tc_wind_radii
+    teca_tc_wind_radii_stats
+    teca_temporal_reduction)
+
+foreach (app_name ${app_names})
+    teca_add_app_test(${app_name}_help ${app_name}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${BIN_PREFIX}/${app_name} --help)
+
+    get_target_property(app_type ${app_name} APP_TYPE)
+    if ("${app_type}" STREQUAL "C++")
+
+        teca_add_app_test(${app_name}_full_help ${app_name}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${BIN_PREFIX}/${app_name} --full_help)
+
+        teca_add_app_test(${app_name}_advanced_help ${app_name}
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${BIN_PREFIX}/${app_name} --advanced_help)
+
+    endif()
+endforeach()