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Diffstat (limited to 'src/_pytest/pytester.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/_pytest/pytester.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py index 95b22b3b2..8ca21d1c5 100644 --- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py +++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ class Pytester: return ret def makefile(self, ext: str, *args: str, **kwargs: str) -> Path: - r"""Create new file(s) in the test directory. + r"""Create new text file(s) in the test directory. :param str ext: The extension the file(s) should use, including the dot, e.g. `.py`. @@ -797,6 +797,12 @@ class Pytester: pytester.makefile(".ini", pytest="[pytest]\naddopts=-rs\n") + To create binary files, use :meth:`pathlib.Path.write_bytes` directly: + + .. code-block:: python + + filename = pytester.path.joinpath("foo.bin") + filename.write_bytes(b"...") """ return self._makefile(ext, args, kwargs) |