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| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/tail-2/assert | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/assert b/tests/tail-2/assert index 416f206a1..623c3684f 100755 --- a/tests/tail-2/assert +++ b/tests/tail-2/assert @@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ tail_pid=$! echo sleeping for 7 seconds... -# Give the backgrounded `tail' a chance to start before removing foo. +# Wait for the backgrounded `tail' to start before removing foo. # Otherwise, without --retry, tail wouldn't try to open `foo' again. -sleep 1 +while :; do + env kill -0 $tail_pid && break + echo sleep .1 + sleep .1 +done rm -f foo sleep 6 |