# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
# Date 1513543069 28800
# Node ID b911a7c01727df0fc48cda8e8fc6398f425920e1
# Parent  ff7719f05f0dbbf739de5a26fc036b28963058cb
add test common functionality

diff -r ff7719f05f0d -r b911a7c01727 tests/common.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/common.py	Sun Dec 17 12:37:49 2017 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+testing common
+"""
+
+import os
+from nettwerk import read
+
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+data = os.path.join(here, 'data')
+
+def datafile(*path):
+    """returns path within `tests/data`"""
+
+    return os.path.join(data, *path)
+
+def load(*path, **kwargs):
+    """load a data file"""
+
+    return read.read(datafile(*path), **kwargs)
+