shred: enable direct I/O when possible
[coreutils.git] / tests / misc / cat-buf.sh
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Ensure that cat outputs processed data immediately.
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
20 print_ver_ cat
22 # Use a fifo rather than a pipe in the tests below
23 # so that the producer (cat) will wait until the
24 # consumer (dd) opens the fifo therefore increasing
25 # the chance that dd will read the data from each
26 # write separately.
27 mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
30 echo 1 > exp
32 cat_buf_1()
34 local delay="$1"
36 dd count=1 if=fifo > out &
37 (echo 1; sleep $delay; echo 2) | cat -v > fifo
38 wait # for dd to complete
39 compare exp out
42 retry_delay_ cat_buf_1 .1 6 || fail=1
44 Exit $fail