# File api and test cases

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/file-api-and-test-cases/1408>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/file-api-and-test-cases/1408 "2020-06-18T22:34:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/file-api-and-test-cases/1408/2 "2020-06-19T10:43:12Z")

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The final set of test cases is not known until `ctest` runs. CTest now has a [`--show-only=json-v1`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.18/manual/ctest.1.html#show-as-json-object-model) option that is its equivalent to CMake’s fileapi.

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