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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-05 18:46:38 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-05 18:46:38 +0000
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+#!/bin/sh
+# demonstrate that tail -F works for currently missing dirs
+# Before coreutils-8.6, tail -F missing/file would not
+# notice any subsequent availability of the missing/file.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ tail
+
+check_tail_output()
+{
+ local delay="$1"
+ grep "$tail_re" out > /dev/null ||
+ { sleep $delay; return 1; }
+}
+
+# Terminate any background tail process
+cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
+
+# Speedup the non inotify case
+fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
+
+for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
+ rm -rf out missing
+
+ tail $mode -F $fastpoll missing/file > out 2>&1 & pid=$!
+
+ # Wait up to 12.7s for tail to start with diagnostic:
+ # tail: cannot open 'missing/file' for reading: No such file or directory
+ tail_re='cannot open' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 ||
+ { cat out; fail=1; }
+
+ mkdir missing || framework_failure_
+ (cd missing && echo x > file) || framework_failure_
+
+ # Wait up to 12.7s for this to appear in the output:
+ # "tail: '...' has appeared; following new file"
+ tail_re='has appeared' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 ||
+ { echo "$0: file: unexpected delay?"; cat out; fail=1; }
+
+ cleanup_
+done
+
+
+Exit $fail