diff --git a/gramps2/test/runtest.sh b/gramps2/test/runtest.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+GDIR=`dirname $PWD`
+TDIR=$GDIR/test
+OPTS="-i $GDIR/example/gramps/example.gramps -f gramps-xml"
+PRG="python gramps.py"
+
+for report in ancestor_chart ancestor_chart2 descendant_graph
+do
+  for fmt in "sxw" "ps" "pdf" "svg"
+    do
+    echo ""
+    echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "|"
+    echo "| $report in $fmt format"
+    echo "|"
+    echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+    
+    (cd $GDIR/src; $PRG $OPTS -a report -p name=$report,id=I44,off=$fmt,of=$TDIR/$report.$fmt)
+  done
+done
+
+for report in ancestor_report ancestors_report descend_report det_ancestor_report det_descendant_report
+do
+  for fmt in "sxw" "pdf" "kwd" "abw" "rtf"
+    do
+    echo ""
+    echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "|"
+    echo "| $report in $fmt format"
+    echo "|"
+    echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+    
+    (cd $GDIR/src; $PRG $OPTS -a report -p name=$report,id=I44,off=$fmt,of=$TDIR/$report.$fmt)
+  done
+done
+