2 # Test the --pid option of tail.
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19 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
26 require_proc_pid_status_
28 touch here || framework_failure
33 # Use tail itself to create a background process.
38 tail -s0.1
-f here
--pid=$bg_pid &
44 state
=$
(get_process_status_
$pid)
46 if test -n "$state"; then
49 *) echo "$0: process dead? (state=$state)" 1>&2; fail
=1 ;;
58 state
=$
(get_process_status_
$pid)
60 if test -n "$state"; then
62 S
*) echo $0: process still active
1>&2; fail
=1 ;;
68 # Ensure that tail --pid=PID exits successfully when PID is dead.
69 # Use an unlikely-to-be-live PID: 2^31-1
71 tail --pid=$INT_MAX -f /dev
/null || fail
=1