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| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/misc/sort-compress-hang.sh | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-compress-hang.sh b/tests/misc/sort-compress-hang.sh index dc101fea8..1d13cbfae 100755 --- a/tests/misc/sort-compress-hang.sh +++ b/tests/misc/sort-compress-hang.sh @@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ tac exp > in || fail=1 # 'sort' could be running slowly on an overburdened machine. # On a circa-2010 Linux server using NFS, a successful test completes # in about 170 seconds, so specify 1700 seconds as a safety margin. -timeout 1700 sort --compress-program=./compress -S 1k in > out || fail=1 +# Note --foreground will not kill any of the "compress" sub processes, +# assuming they're well behaved and exit in a timely manner, but will +# allow this command to be responsive to Ctrl-C +timeout --foreground 1700 sort --compress-program=./compress -S 1k in > out \ + || fail=1 compare exp out || fail=1 test -f ok || fail=1 |