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-rwxr-xr-x | tests/tail-2/start-middle | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/start-middle b/tests/tail-2/start-middle new file mode 100755 index 000000000..da1b4db10 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/tail-2/start-middle @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Verify that tail works even when it's reading from a file +# that is not at its beginning. + +if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then + set -x + tail --version +fi + +pwd=`pwd` +tmp=tail-mid.$$ +trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0 +trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15 + +framework_failure=0 +mkdir $tmp || framework_failure=1 +cd $tmp || framework_failure=1 + +(echo 1; echo 2) > k || framework_failure=1 + +if test $framework_failure = 1; then + echo '$0: failure in testing framework' 1>&2 + (exit 1); exit +fi + +fail=0 + +sh -c 'read x; tail' < k > out || fail=1 +cat <<EOF > exp +2 +EOF + +cmp out exp || fail=1 +test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null + +(exit $fail); exit |