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coreutils/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh
Pádraig Brady 0458701041 tests: avoid false failure in a tail test under load
* tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Use the standard tail
testing framework to avoid the race seen under very high load,
and also test the non inotify case.
Reported by Jim Meyering
2015-10-15 08:44:09 +01:00

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#!/bin/sh
# tail -f - would fail with the initial inotify implementation
# Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ tail
check_tail_output()
{
local delay="$1"
grep "$tail_re" out ||
{ 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'
echo line > in || framework_failure_
for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
echo line > exp || framework_failure_
tail $mode -f $fastpoll < in > out 2> err & pid=$!
# Wait up to 12.7s for output to appear:
tail_re='line' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 ||
{ echo "$0: a: unexpected delay?"; cat out; fail=1; }
# Ensure there was no error output.
compare /dev/null err || fail=1
cleanup_
done
Exit $fail