Port tests/rmdir/ignore away from GNU/Linux.
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Verify that tail works even when it's reading from a file
3 # that is not at its beginning. Based on a report from John Roll.
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20 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
21 set -x
22 tail --version
25 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
27 (echo 1; echo 2) > k || framework_failure
29 fail=0
31 sh -c 'read x; tail' < k > out || fail=1
32 cat <<EOF > exp
34 EOF
36 compare out exp || fail=1
38 (exit $fail); exit $fail