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diff --git a/tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh b/tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# inotify-based tail -f didn't flush its initial output before blocking
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+print_ver_ tail
+
+echo line > in || fail=1
+# Output should be buffered since we're writing to file
+# so we're depending on the flush to write out
+tail -f in > out &
+tail_pid=$!
+
+# Wait for 1.5s for the file to be flushed.
+tail_flush()
+{
+  local delay="$1"
+
+  test -s out ||
+    { sleep "$delay"; return 1; }
+}
+retry_delay_ tail_flush .1 5 || fail=1
+
+kill $tail_pid
+
+Exit $fail