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+const { execSync } = require('child_process')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
+const path = require('path')
+const glob = require('glob')
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  fs.emptyDirSync('tests/__data__/output')
+  fs.copyFileSync(
+    'tests/__data__/input/database/update-guides_legacy/queue.db',
+    'tests/__data__/output/queue.db'
+  )
+})
+
+it('can generate /guides', () => {
+  fs.copyFileSync(
+    'tests/__data__/input/database/update-guides_legacy/programs.db',
+    'tests/__data__/output/programs.db'
+  )
+  const stdout = execSync(
+    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/output DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output CURR_DATE=2022-05-05 npm run guides:update_legacy',
+    { encoding: 'utf8' }
+  )
+
+  const uncompressed = glob
+    .sync('tests/__data__/expected/guides/!()/*.epg.xml')
+    .map(f => f.replace('tests/__data__/expected/', ''))
+
+  uncompressed.forEach(filepath => {
+    expect(content(`output/${filepath}`), filepath).toBe(content(`expected/${filepath}`))
+  })
+
+  const compressed = glob
+    .sync('tests/__data__/expected/guides/!()/*.epg.xml.gz')
+    .map(f => f.replace('tests/__data__/expected/', ''))
+
+  compressed.forEach(filepath => {
+    expect(content(`output/${filepath}`), filepath).toBe(content(`expected/${filepath}`))
+  })
+
+  const json = glob
+    .sync('tests/__data__/expected/guides/!()/*.json')
+    .map(f => f.replace('tests/__data__/expected/', ''))
+
+  json.forEach(filepath => {
+    expect(content(`output/${filepath}`), filepath).toBe(content(`expected/${filepath}`))
+  })
+})
+
+it('will terminate process if programs not found', () => {
+  fs.copyFileSync(
+    'tests/__data__/input/database/update-guides_legacy/no-programs.db',
+    'tests/__data__/output/programs.db'
+  )
+  try {
+    const stdout = execSync(
+      'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/output DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output npm run guides:update_legacy',
+      { encoding: 'utf8' }
+    )
+    process.exit(1)
+  } catch (err) {
+    expect(err.status).toBe(1)
+    expect(err.stdout.includes('Error: No programs found')).toBe(true)
+  }
+})
+
+function content(filepath) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(`tests/__data__/${filepath}`, {
+    encoding: 'utf8'
+  })
+}