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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-09-05 07:56:39 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-09-05 07:56:39 +0000
commitdf4a189e233871c208204c143827518e255df544 (patch)
tree54ba7593e0937f3101f39cdb8672e72ef458feb9 /tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
parent23181a481db6d956cbb0083c64da6a4ff6aa0ef9 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-df4a189e233871c208204c143827518e255df544.tar.xz
Wait .5 seconds for backgrounded process
to start, rather than just .1. Upon failure, print unexpected state.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/tail-2/tail-n0f')
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/tail-n0f12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f b/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
index d13db9927..3e78fb2ff 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
+++ b/tests/tail-2/tail-n0f
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
sleep 2 &
pid=$!
-sleep .1
+sleep .5
grep '^State:[ ]*[S]' /proc/$pid/status > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
{
echo "$0:/proc/$pid/status: missing or 'different': skipping this test" 1>&2
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ for file in empty nonempty; do
for c_or_n in c n; do
tail --sleep=4 -${c_or_n} 0 -f $file &
pid=$!
- sleep .1
- grep '^State:[ ]*[S]' /proc/$pid/status > /dev/null || fail=1
+ sleep .5
+ set _ `sed -n '/^State:[ ]*\([^ ]\)/s//\1/p' /proc/$pid/status`
+ shift # Remove the leading `_'.
+ state=$1
+ case $state in
+ S*) ;;
+ *) echo $0: process in unexpected state: $state 1>&2; fail=1 ;;
+ esac
kill $pid
done
done