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coreutils/tests/tail-2/append-only
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#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that tail -f works on an append-only file
# Requires root access to do chattr +a, as well as an ext[23] or xfs file system
if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
set -x
tail --version
fi
PRIV_CHECK_ARG=require-root . $srcdir/../priv-check
pwd=`pwd`
t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp; tmp=$t0/$$
trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; chmod -R u+rwx $t0; rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0
trap '(exit $?); exit $?' 1 2 13 15
framework_failure=0
mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1
cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
touch f
chattr +a f 2>/dev/null || framework_failure=1
( echo x > f ) 2>/dev/null && framework_failure=1
echo x >> f || framework_failure=1
if test $framework_failure = 1; then
echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2
(exit 1); exit 1
fi
fail=0
sleep 1 &
pid=$!
tail --pid=$pid -f f > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail=1
chattr -a f 2>/dev/null
(exit $fail); exit $fail