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+#!/usr/bin/expect
+############################################################################
+# Purpose: Test of SLURM functionality
+#          Verify that user environment variables are propagated to the job.
+#
+# Output:  "TEST: #.#" followed by "SUCCESS" if test was successful, OR
+#          "FAILURE: ..." otherwise with an explanation of the failure, OR
+#          anything else indicates a failure mode that must be investigated.
+############################################################################
+# Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
+# Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+# Written by Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
+# UCRL-CODE-2002-040.
+# 
+# This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program.
+# For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.
+#  
+# SLURM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+# 
+# SLURM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+# details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with SLURM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.
+############################################################################
+source ./globals
+
+set test_id          "1.28"
+set test_env_name    "TEST_ENV_$test_id"
+set test_env_val     123
+set exit_code        0
+set matches          0
+
+global env
+set env($test_env_name) $test_env_val
+
+print_header $test_id
+
+#
+# Spawn a job via srun to print environment variables
+#
+set timeout $max_job_delay
+set env($test_env_name) $test_env_val
+spawn $srun -N1 -t1 $bin_env
+expect {
+	-re "$test_env_name=($number)" {
+		if {$expect_out(1,string) == $test_env_val} {
+			incr matches
+		}
+		exp_continue
+	}
+	timeout {
+		send_user "\nFAILURE: srun not responding\n"
+		kill_srun
+		set exit_code 1
+		exp_continue
+	}
+	eof {
+		wait
+	}
+}
+
+if {$matches != 1} {
+	send_user "\nFAILURE: Environment variables not propagated\n"
+	set exit_code 1
+}
+
+if {$exit_code == 0} {
+	send_user "\nSUCCESS\n"
+}
+exit $exit_code