perl prove errors out with "Archive is not a known format type"

Question

When trying to run Perl prove , i am unable to run prove , and get the following error:

find test/ -name '*.t' ! -name '*falcon*' | xargs \

prove --norc -r test/ -formatter=TAP::Formatter::JUnit | tee test_results.xml

error:

Archive is not a known format type! at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/App/Prove.pm line 538.

Versions used: TAP::Harness v3.28 and Perl v5.8.8, OS = CentOs 6.4

Answer 1

I am guessing you are wishing to run all tests, except those containing falcon in the name.

There are issues with the command:

1) formatter option starts with a double hyphen '--'

2) the prove is being told to recurse into /test

This worked for me:

find test/ -name *.t | grep -v falcon | prove --norc --formatter \
   TAP::Formatter::JUnit | tee test_results.xml