test_skip.py

from avocado import Test
from avocado import skipIf


_SKIP_CONTROL = '/tmp/skip.control'


def _should_i_skip():
    try:
        with open(_SKIP_CONTROL, 'r') as file_obj:
            res = file_obj.read()
        if res and int(res):
            return True
    except:
        return False
    return False


def _skip_next(skip=True):
    with open(_SKIP_CONTROL, 'w') as file_obj:
        if skip:
            file_obj.write('1')
        else:
            file_obj.write('0')


class MyTest(Test):

    def test_01(self):
        _skip_next()

    @skipIf(_should_i_skip(), 'Test skipped')
    def test_02(self):
        pass

    def test_03(self):
        _skip_next(False)

    @skipIf(_should_i_skip(), 'Test skipped')
    def test_04(self):
        pass

    def test_05(self):
        _skip_next()

    @skipIf(_should_i_skip(), 'Test skipped')
    def test_06(self):
        pass

$ avocado run test_skip.py 
JOB ID     : 9e95b49fea341813c824e00be015eb1e16269e78
JOB LOG    : /home/apahim/avocado/job-results/job-2018-03-02T14.39-9e95b49/job.log
 (1/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_01: PASS (0.02 s)
 (2/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_02: SKIP
 (3/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_03: PASS (0.03 s)
 (4/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_04: PASS (0.03 s)
 (5/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_05: PASS (0.03 s)
 (6/6) test_skip.py:MyTest.test_06: SKIP
RESULTS    : PASS 4 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 2 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
JOB TIME   : 0.60 s
JOB HTML   : /home/apahim/avocado/job-results/job-2018-03-02T14.39-9e95b49/results.html