tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # inotify-based tail -f didn't flush its initial output before blocking
   3
   4 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
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  18
  19 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
  20 print_ver_ tail
  21
  22 # Speedup the non inotify case
  23 fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
  24
  25 # Terminate any background tail process
  26 cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
  27
  28 echo line > in || framework_failure_
  29 # Output should be buffered since we're writing to file
  30 # so we're depending on the flush to write out
  31 tail $fastpoll -f in > out & pid=$!
  32
  33 # Wait for 3.1s for the file to be flushed.
  34 tail_flush()
  35 {
  36   local delay="$1"
  37   sleep $delay
  38   test -s out
  39 }
  40 retry_delay_ tail_flush .1 5 || fail=1
  41
  42 cleanup_
  43
  44 Exit $fail