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| author | Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org> | 2009-06-02 08:28:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-06-15 18:34:14 +0200 |
| commit | ae494d4be80df2aff50a2ac46fdc0c23de109ea3 (patch) | |
| tree | ca567ba9ae1d870b139778df835707eb1e358ee2 /m4 | |
| parent | 358aca5fb9cb67c593aa5f1ddf166dbefcf55f0c (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-ae494d4be80df2aff50a2ac46fdc0c23de109ea3.tar.xz | |
tail: use inotify if it is available
* NEWS: Document the new feature.
* m4/jm-macros.m4: Check if inotify is present.
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): New function.
(main): Use the inotify-based function, if possible.
* tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for tail.
* tests/test-lib.sh (require_proc_pid_status_, get_process_status_):
New functions.
* tests/tail-2/pid: New file.
* tests/tail-2/wait: New file.
* tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Refactor code into the test-lib.sh
require_proc_pid_status_ function.
Diffstat (limited to 'm4')
| -rw-r--r-- | m4/jm-macros.m4 | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/m4/jm-macros.m4 b/m4/jm-macros.m4 index 90c55bfd9..f14d6a382 100644 --- a/m4/jm-macros.m4 +++ b/m4/jm-macros.m4 @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([coreutils_MACROS], # Used by sort.c. AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([nl_langinfo]) + # Used by tail.c. + AC_CHECK_FUNCS([inotify_init], + [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_INOTIFY], [1], + [Define to 1 if you have usable inotify support.])]) + AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE( \ endgrent \ endpwent \ |