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-rw-r--r--src/tail.c7
-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/retry.sh10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index c781dc2fa..dc4e10df0 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1315,7 +1315,12 @@ static void
check_fspec (struct File_spec *fspec, int wd, int *prev_wd)
{
struct stat stats;
- char const *name = pretty_name (fspec);
+ char const *name;
+
+ if (fspec->fd == -1)
+ return;
+
+ name = pretty_name (fspec);
if (fstat (fspec->fd, &stats) != 0)
{
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
index 7ba773475..ce67a4594 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
+++ b/tests/tail-2/retry.sh
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 3 || fail=1 # Wait for the expected output.
kill $pid
wait $pid
# Expect 3 lines in the output file.
-[ $( wc -l < out ) = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
-grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
-grep -F 'has become accessible' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
-grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
-rm -f missing out || framework_failure_
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+rm -f missing out || framework_failure_
# === Test:
# Ensure that "tail --retry --follow=descriptor" waits for the file to appear.