# \[Bug #1878\] testrb can not execute tests in sub directory

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1878-testrb-can-not-execute-tests-in-sub-directory/173184>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 4, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1878-testrb-can-not-execute-tests-in-sub-directory/173184 "2009-08-04T16:15:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1878-testrb-can-not-execute-tests-in-sub-directory/173184/1 "2009-08-04T16:15:35Z")

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Bug #1878: testrb can not execute tests in sub directory  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1878](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1878)

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ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-07-18 trunk 24186) [i686-linux]

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$ ruby192 -v  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-07-18 trunk 24186) [i686-linux]  
$ mkdir test  
$ echo ‘require “test/unit”; class A\<Test::Unit::TestCase; def test\_a;  
assert\_match(/a/, “a”); end; end’ \> test/test\_a.rb  
$ echo ‘require “test/unit”; class B\<Test::Unit::TestCase; def test\_b;  
assert\_match(/a/, “b”); end; end’ \> test/test\_b.rb  
$ ls test  
test\_a.rb test\_b.rb  
$ testrb192 test  
test/test\_a.rb: no such file to load – test/test\_a.rb  
test/test\_b.rb: no such file to load – test/test\_b.rb  
Loaded suite test  
Started

Finished in 0.000456 seconds.

0 tests, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips  
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$ ruby191 -v  
ruby 1.9.1p243 (2009-07-16 revision 24175) [i686-linux]  
$ testrb191 test  
Loaded suite test  
Started  
.F  
Finished in 0.002952 seconds.

1. Failure:  
test\_b(B) [/tmp/z2/test/test\_b.rb:1]:  
Expected /a/ to match “b”.

2 tests, 4 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips  
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1878-testrb-can-not-execute-tests-in-sub-directory/173184/2 "2009-08-04T20:37:53Z")

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## Applied in changeset r24397.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1878](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1878)