+#include <yaz/test.h>
+#include <yaz/oid_db.h>
+
+/**
+ * tl_start_up : Does all the usual start functions
+ * - nmem_init
+ * - build the name of logfile from argv[0], and open it
+ * if no argv passed, do not open a log
+ * - read zebra.cfg from env var srcdir if it exists; otherwise current dir
+ * default to zebra.cfg, if no name is given
+ */
+ZebraService tl_start_up(char *cfgname, int argc, char **argv);
+
+/**
+ * get_srcdir : returns the source dir. Most often ".", but when
+ * making distcheck, some other dir
+ */
+const char *tl_get_srcdir(void);
+
+/**
+ * start_log: open a log file
+ */
+/* FIXME - parse command line arguments to set log levels etc */
+void tl_start_log(int argc, char **argv);
+
+/**
+ * tl_zebra_start - do a zebra_start with a decent config name
+ * Takes care of checking the environment for srcdir (as needed by distcheck)
+ * and uses that if need be.
+ * The name defaults to zebra.cfg, if null or emtpy
+ */
+ZebraService tl_zebra_start(const char *cfgname);
+
+/**
+ * close_down closes it all down
+ * Does a zebra_close on zh, if not null.
+ * Does a zebra_stop on zs, if not null
+ * Writes a log message, OK if retcode is zero, error if not
+ * closes down nmem and xmalloc
+ * returns the retcode, for use in return or exit in main()
+ */
+int tl_close_down(ZebraHandle zh, ZebraService zs
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+/** inits the database and inserts test data */
+int tl_init_data(ZebraHandle zh, const char **recs
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+/**
+ * tl_query does a simple query, and checks that the number of hits matches
+ */
+int tl_query(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query, zint exphits
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+
+/**
+ * tl_query does a simple query, and checks that error is what is expected
+ */
+int tl_query_x(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query, zint exphits,
+ int experror
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+/**
+ * tl_scan is a utility for scan testing
+ */
+int tl_scan(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query,
+ int pos, int num, /* input params */
+ int exp_pos, int exp_num, int exp_partial, /* expected result */
+ const char **exp_entries /* expected entries (or NULL) */
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));