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author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2017-01-31 20:10:02 -0800 |
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committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2017-02-08 14:40:22 -0800 |
commit | a520942efadbd0f86759f9bcb428ec0a83ed56e4 (patch) | |
tree | f0355afe1876e843ecd03340b2609859ca8eb3a6 | |
parent | 2c64bc87293bd8bf369b8dbd487a793ea9803775 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-a520942efadbd0f86759f9bcb428ec0a83ed56e4.tar.xz |
tail: fix erroneous status about 'giving up' on file
* src/tail.c (recheck): Set f->ignore before we
use it to show the appropriate error.
* tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Ensure the "giving up" message
is not presented.
-rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 7 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | tests/tail-2/retry.sh | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 3023dd4df..0c9c3e882 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -981,8 +981,7 @@ recheck (struct File_spec *f, bool blocking) ok = false; f->errnum = -1; f->tailable = false; - if (! (reopen_inaccessible_files && follow_mode == Follow_name)) - f->ignore = true; + f->ignore = ! (reopen_inaccessible_files && follow_mode == Follow_name); if (was_tailable || prev_errnum != f->errnum) error (0, 0, _("%s has been replaced with an untailable file%s"), quoteaf (pretty_name (f)), @@ -1940,6 +1939,7 @@ tail_file (struct File_spec *f, uintmax_t n_units) ok = false; f->errnum = -1; f->tailable = false; + f->ignore = ! reopen_inaccessible_files; error (0, 0, _("%s: cannot follow end of this type of file%s"), quotef (pretty_name (f)), f->ignore ? _("; giving up on this name") : ""); @@ -1947,8 +1947,7 @@ tail_file (struct File_spec *f, uintmax_t n_units) if (!ok) { - f->ignore = ! (reopen_inaccessible_files - && follow_mode == Follow_name); + f->ignore = ! reopen_inaccessible_files; close_fd (fd, pretty_name (f)); f->fd = -1; } diff --git a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh index b20deb5dc..40d66d60c 100755 --- a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh +++ b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if ! cat . >/dev/null; then mkdir untailable || framework_failure_ timeout 10 \ tail $mode $fastpoll -F untailable >out 2>&1 & pid=$! -# Wait for "cannot open" error. +# Wait for "cannot follow" error. retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || { cat out; fail=1; } { rmdir untailable; echo foo > untailable; } || framework_failure_ # Wait for the expected output. @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ cleanup_ [ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'cannot follow' out || { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'has become accessible' out || { fail=1; cat out; } +grep -F 'giving up' out && { fail=1; cat out; } grep -F 'foo' out || { fail=1; cat out; } rm -fd untailable out || framework_failure_ fi |