The tests are defined in an XML file named testlist.xml which should be present in the testsuite root directory. It typically is of the following structure

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<testlist>

  <!-- ******* General Test ******* -->

  <test name="test_1" type="cosmo-clm">
    <description>General check</description>
    <executable>cosmo_cpu</executable>
    <namelistdir>cosmo-clm/test_1</namelistdir>
    <checker>run_success_check.py</checker>
    <checker>existence_ncdf_out.sh</checker>
    <checker>identical_check.py</checker >
    <checker>samoa_check.sh</checker>
    <autoparallel>1</autoparallel>
  </test>

  <!-- ******* Restart Test  ******* -->

  <test name="test_1r1" type="cosmo-clm">
    <description>Restart Part1 0-48h</description>
    <executable>cosmo_cpu</executable>
    <namelistdir>cosmo-clm/test_1</namelistdir>
    <refoutdir>../test_1</refoutdir>
    <depend>../test_1</depend>
    <checker>run_success_check.py</checker>
    <changepar file="INPUT_IO" name="nhour_restart">24,24,24</changepar>
    <autoparallel>1</autoparallel>
  </test>

  <test name="test_1r2" type="cosmo-clm">
    <description>Restart Part2 24-48h</description>
    <executable>cosmo_cpu</executable>
    <namelistdir>cosmo-clm/test_1</namelistdir>
    <refoutdir>../test_1</refoutdir>
    <depend>../test_1</depend>
    <checker>run_success_check.py</checker>
    <checker>restart_identity.sh</checker>
    <changepar file="INPUT_ORG" name="hstart">24</changepar>
    <changepar file="INPUT_IO" name="ydir_restart">'../test_1r1/output/'</changepar>
    <changepar file="INPUT_IO" name="ydirini">'../test_1r1/output/'</changepar>
    <autoparallel>1</autoparallel>
  </test>

  <!-- ******* Decomposition Test  ******* -->

<test name="test_1d" type="cosmo-clm">
   <description>Decomposition test</description>
   <executable>cosmo_cpu</executable>
   <namelistdir>cosmo-clm/test_1</namelistdir>
   <refoutdir>../test_1</refoutdir>
   <depend>../test_1</depend>
   <checker>run_success_check.py</checker>
   <checker>existence_ncdf_out.sh</checker>
   <checker>identical_check.py</checker >
   <autoparallel>2</autoparallel>
 </test>


</testlist>

For details on the specifications in the testlist.xml please read the user guide of the technical test suite that you can find in the directory $TSDIR/tts/doc.