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+#!/bin/sh
+# Exercise an abort-inducing flaw in inotify-enabled tail -F.
+
+# 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
+
+# 9 is a magic number, related to internal details of tail.c and hash.c
+n=9
+seq $n | xargs touch || framework_failure_
+
+debug='---disable-inotify'
+debug=
+tail $debug -s.1 -qF $(seq $n) > out 2>&1 & pid=$!
+
+check_tail_output()
+{
+  local delay="$1"
+  grep "$tail_re" out > /dev/null ||
+    { sleep $delay; return 1; }
+}
+
+# Wait up to 6.3s for tail to start
+echo x > $n
+tail_re='^x$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1
+
+mv 1 f || fail=1
+
+# Wait 6.3s for this diagnostic:
+# tail: '1' has become inaccessible: No such file or directory
+tail_re='inaccessible' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1
+
+# Trigger the bug.  Before the fix, this would provoke the abort.
+echo a > 1 || fail=1
+
+# Wait up to 2s for the buggy tail to die,
+# or for the "tail: '1' has appeared;  following end of new file" output
+for i in $(seq 10); do
+  kill -0 $pid || break
+  grep 'has appeared;' out > /dev/null && break
+  sleep .2
+done
+
+# Kill the working tail, or fail if it has already aborted
+kill $pid || fail=1
+
+cat out
+
+Exit $fail