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+#!/bin/sh
+# Exercise tail's behavior regarding missing files with/without --retry.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2013 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=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ tail
+
+# Function to check the expected line count in 'out'.
+# Called via retry_delay_(). Sleep some time - see retry_delay_() - if the
+# line count is still smaller than expected.
+wait4lines_ ()
+{
+ local delay=$1
+ local elc=$2 # Expected line count.
+ [ $( wc -l < out ) -ge $elc ] || { sleep $delay; return 1; }
+}
+
+# === Test:
+# Retry without --follow results in a warning.
+touch file
+tail --retry file > out 2>&1 || fail=1
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 1 ] || fail=1
+grep -F 'tail: warning: --retry ignored' out || fail=1
+
+# === Test:
+# The same with a missing file: expect error message and exit 1.
+tail --retry missing > out 2>&1 && fail=1
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 2 ] || fail=1
+grep -F 'tail: warning: --retry ignored' out || fail=1
+
+# === Test:
+# Ensure that "tail --retry --follow=name" waits for the file to appear.
+timeout 10 tail -s.1 --follow=name --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$!
+retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 1 || fail=1 # Wait for "cannot open" error.
+echo "X" > missing || fail=1 # Write "X" into 'missing'.
+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 || fail=1
+
+# === Test:
+# Ensure that "tail --retry --follow=descriptor" waits for the file to appear.
+# tail-8.21 failed at this (since the implementation of the inotify support).
+timeout 10 tail -s.1 --follow=descriptor --retry missing >out 2>&1 & pid=$!
+retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 2 || fail=1 # Wait for "cannot open" error.
+echo "X" > missing || fail=1 # Write "X" into 'missing'.
+retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || fail=1 # Wait for the expected output.
+kill $pid
+wait $pid
+# Expect 4 lines in the output file.
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'retry only effective for the initial open' out \
+ || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep '^X$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+rm -f missing out || fail=1
+
+# === Test:
+# Ensure that --follow=descriptor (without --retry) does *not wait* for the
+# file to appear. Expect 2 lines in the output file ("cannot open" +
+# "no files remaining") and exit status 1.
+tail --follow=descriptor missing >out 2>&1 && fail=1
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 2 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'no files remaining' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+
+# === Test:
+# Likewise for --follow=name (without --retry).
+tail --follow=name missing >out 2>&1 && fail=1
+[ $( wc -l < out ) = 2 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'cannot open' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+grep -F 'no files remaining' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
+
+Exit $fail