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-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/assert8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert b/tests/tail-2/assert
index 623c3684f..416f206a1 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert
@@ -42,13 +42,9 @@ tail_pid=$!
echo sleeping for 7 seconds...
-# Wait for the backgrounded `tail' to start before removing foo.
+# Give the backgrounded `tail' a chance to start before removing foo.
# Otherwise, without --retry, tail wouldn't try to open `foo' again.
-while :; do
- env kill -0 $tail_pid && break
- echo sleep .1
- sleep .1
-done
+sleep 1
rm -f foo
sleep 6