File or directory to execute does not exist

Libraries SSHLibrary
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When I try the following edited for my host, username and password saved as test_ssh_rf_demo.robot I get “[ ERROR ] Parsing ‘test_ssh_rf_demo.robot’ failed: File or directory to execute does not exist”.

It is being run on a Windows 11 PC with PyCharm IDE and the target is my Raspberry Pi 3B. SSH is setup on the 3B and it is updated.

*** Settings ***
Documentation Robot Framework test script
Library SSHLibrary
*** Variables ***
${host} 192.168.120.141
${username} root
${password} ${EMPTY}
${alias} remote_host_1
*** Test Cases ***
Test SSH Connection
Open Connection ${host} alias=${alias}
Login ${username} ${password} delay=1
Execute Command hostname
Close All Connections

2

It is difficult to understand at what step the error happens.

Are you running robot from the command line?

You can use the option --loglevel TRACE to see where the error exists.

3

Still learning so not sure where in the command to place that
PS C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT> robot -d results test_ssh_rf_demo.robot

4

Options are always passed before the test suites. In your case would be:

robot -d results --loglevel TRACE test_ssh_rf_demo.robot

Then in the resulting log,html you will have the log level selector on the top right.

5

Ran it
PS C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT> robot -d results --loglevel TRACE test_ssh_rf_demo.robot
[ ERROR ] Parsing ‘test_ssh_rf_demo.robot’ failed: File or directory to execute does not exist.

Try --help for usage information.
PS C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT>

But the only log in the results folder is an old one for RaspberryPi3B Log

Full Name: RaspberryPi3B
Source: C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT\tests\RaspberryPi3B.robot
6

You may be missing the directory where the test suite is, if like the old test report. So this may be the correct command:

robot -d results .\tests\test_ssh_rf_demo.robot
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Hi Gordon,

To elaborate on what @HelioGuilherme66 said, robot is complaining it can’t find a file or folder called test_ssh_rf_demo.robot in the current directory (C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT ?)

  • Is test_ssh_rf_demo.robot in that directory?
  • in the C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT\tests directory like RaspberryPi3B.robot
  • in another directory?

Hope that helps,

Dave.

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Looks like it was a path issue

**PS C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT> robot -d results .\tests\test_ssh_rf_demo.robot **
==============================================================================
Test Ssh Rf Demo :: Robot Framework test script
==============================================================================
Test SSH Connection | PASS |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Ssh Rf Demo :: Robot Framework test script | PASS |
1 test, 1 passed, 0 failed
==============================================================================
Output: C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT\results\output.xml
Log: C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT\results\log.html
Report: C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT\results\report.html
PS C:\Development\robot-scripts\pythonProject\IOT>

Thank you for the help!

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