#!/bin/sh # Exercise tail's behavior regarding missing files with/without --retry. # Copyright (C) 2013-2023 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 . . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ tail # Function to count number of lines from tail # while ignoring transient errors due to resource limits countlines_ () { grep -Ev 'inotify (resources exhausted|cannot be used)' out | wc -l } # Function to check the expected line count in 'out'. # Called via retry_delay_(). Sleep some time - see retry_delay_() - if the # line count is still smaller than expected. wait4lines_ () { local delay=$1 local elc=$2 # Expected line count. [ "$(countlines_)" -ge "$elc" ] || { sleep $delay; return 1; } } # Terminate any background tail process cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; } # Speedup the non inotify case fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1' # === Test: # Retry without --follow results in a warning. touch file tail --retry file > out 2>&1 || fail=1 [ "$(countlines_)" = 1 ] || { cat out; fail=1; } grep -F 'tail: warning: --retry ignored' out || { cat out; fail=1; } # === Test: # The same with a missing file: expect error message and exit 1. returns_ 1 tail --retry missing > out 2>&1 || fail=1 [ "$(countlines_)" = 2 ] || { cat out; fail=1; } grep -F 'tail: warning: --retry ignored' out || { cat out; fail=1; } for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do # === Test: # Ensure that "tail --retry --follow=name" waits for the file to appear. # Clear 'out' so that we can check its contents without races >out || framework_failure_ timeout 10 \ tail $mode $fastpoll --follow=name --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for "cannot open" error. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 1 || { cat out; fail=1; } echo "X" > missing || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 3 || { cat out; fail=1; } cleanup_ # Expect 3 lines in the output file. [ "$(countlines_)" = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f missing out || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Ensure that "tail --retry --follow=descriptor" waits for the file to appear. # tail-8.21 failed at this (since the implementation of the inotify support). timeout 10 \ tail $mode $fastpoll --follow=descriptor --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for "cannot open" error. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } echo "X1" > missing || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || { cat out; fail=1; } # Ensure truncation is detected # tail-8.25 failed at this (as assumed non file and went into blocking mode) echo "X" > missing || framework_failure_ retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 6 || { cat out; fail=1; } cleanup_ [ "$(countlines_)" = 6 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'retry only effective for the initial open' out \ || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X1$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'file truncated' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f missing out || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Ensure that tail --follow=descriptor --retry exits when the file appears # untailable. Expect exit status 1. timeout 10 \ tail $mode $fastpoll --follow=descriptor --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for "cannot open" error. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } mkdir missing || framework_failure_ # Create untailable # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || { cat out; fail=1; } wait $pid rc=$? [ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'retry only effective for the initial open' out \ || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'replaced with an untailable file' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'no files remaining' out || { fail=1; cat out; } [ $rc = 1 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -fd missing out || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Ensure that --follow=descriptor (without --retry) does *not* try # to open a file after an initial fail, even when there are other # tailable files. This was an issue in <= 8.25. touch existing || framework_failure_ tail $mode $fastpoll --follow=descriptor missing existing >out 2>&1 & pid=$! retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } [ "$(countlines_)" = 2 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } echo "Y" > missing || framework_failure_ echo "X" > existing || framework_failure_ retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 3 || { cat out; fail=1; } [ "$(countlines_)" = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep '^Y$' out && { fail=1; cat out; } cleanup_ rm -f missing out existing || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Ensure that --follow=descriptor (without --retry) does *not wait* for the # file to appear. Expect 2 lines in the output file ("cannot open" + # "no files remaining") and exit status 1. returns_ 1 tail $mode --follow=descriptor missing >out 2>&1 || fail=1 [ "$(countlines_)" = 2 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'no files remaining' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f out || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Likewise for --follow=name (without --retry). returns_ 1 tail $mode --follow=name missing >out 2>&1 || fail=1 [ "$(countlines_)" = 2 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'no files remaining' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -f out || framework_failure_ # === Test: # Ensure that tail -F retries when the file is initially untailable. if ! cat . >/dev/null; then mkdir untailable || framework_failure_ timeout 10 \ tail $mode $fastpoll -F untailable >out 2>&1 & pid=$! # Wait for "cannot follow" error. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } { rmdir untailable; echo foo > untailable; } || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || { cat out; fail=1; } cleanup_ [ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot follow' out || { fail=1; cat out; } # The first is the common case, "has appeared" arises with slow rmdir. grep -E 'become accessible|has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'giving up' out && { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'foo' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -fd untailable out || framework_failure_ fi done Exit $fail