From 5bc12317e41d56930a0e9243a77756d79ed25645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrkraimer <mrkraimer@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 12:00:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] more info if ioc not started

---
 testCa/testCaProvider.cpp | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/testCa/testCaProvider.cpp b/testCa/testCaProvider.cpp
index ad156e4..f8aa96a 100644
--- a/testCa/testCaProvider.cpp
+++ b/testCa/testCaProvider.cpp
@@ -677,7 +677,19 @@ void TestIoc::start()
 
 void TestIoc::run()
 {
-    system("$EPICS_BASE/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/softIoc -d ../testCaProvider.db");
+    char * base;
+    base = getenv("EPICS_BASE");
+    if(base==NULL) throw std::runtime_error("TestIoc::run $EPICS_BASE not defined");
+    char * arch;
+    arch = getenv("EPICS_HOST_ARCH");
+    if(arch==NULL) throw std::runtime_error("TestIoc::run $$EPICS_HOST_ARCH not defined");
+    if(system("$EPICS_BASE/bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/softIoc -d ../testCaProvider.db")!=0) {
+        string message(base);
+        message += "/bin/";
+        message += arch;
+        message += "/softIoc -d ../testCaProvider.db not started";
+        throw std::runtime_error(message);
+    }
 }
 
 MAIN(testCaProvider)