doc: stat: clarify that %t and %T expand to the file system type
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Ensure that "tail -f fifo" tails indefinitely.
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
20 print_ver_ tail
22 mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
24 echo 1 > fifo &
25 echo 1 > exp || framework_failure_
27 timeout 10 tail -f fifo > out & pid=$!
29 check_tail_output()
31 local n_sec="$1"
32 test -s out || { sleep $n_sec; return 1; }
35 # Wait 6.3s for tail to write something.
36 retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1
38 compare exp out || fail=1
40 # Kill the still-running tail, or fail if it's gone.
41 kill $pid || fail=1
43 Exit $fail