tests/tail-2/flush-initial

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # inotify-based tail -f didn't flush its initial output before blocking
   3
   4 # Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
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  10
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  18
  19 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
  20 print_ver_ tail
  21
  22 echo line > in || fail=1
  23 # Output should be buffered since we're writing to file
  24 # so we're depending on the flush to write out
  25 tail -f in > out &
  26 tail_pid=$!
  27
  28 # Wait for 1.5s for the file to be flushed.
  29 tail_flush()
  30 {
  31   local delay="$1"
  32
  33   test -s out ||
  34     { sleep "$delay"; return 1; }
  35 }
  36 retry_delay_ tail_flush .1 5 || fail=1
  37
  38 kill $tail_pid
  39
  40 Exit $fail