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-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/symlink.sh13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/symlink.sh b/tests/tail-2/symlink.sh
index 300cb139b..274df9587 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/symlink.sh
+++ b/tests/tail-2/symlink.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ tail
+# Function to count number of lines from tail
+# while ignoring transient errors due to resource limits
+countlines_ ()
+{
+ grep -Ev 'inotify (resources exhausted|cannot be used)' out | wc -l
+}
+
# 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.
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ wait4lines_ ()
{
local delay=$1
local elc=$2 # Expected line count.
- [ "$( wc -l < out )" -ge "$elc" ] || { sleep $delay; return 1; }
+ [ "$(countlines_)" -ge "$elc" ] || { sleep $delay; return 1; }
}
# Ensure changing targets of cli specified symlinks are handled.
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 3 || fail=1 # Wait for the expected output.
kill $pid
wait $pid
# Expect 3 lines in the output file.
-[ $( wc -l < out ) = 3 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+[ "$(countlines_)" = 3 ] || { 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; }
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 4 || fail=1 # Wait for the expected output.
kill $pid
wait $pid
# Expect 4 lines in the output file.
-[ $( wc -l < out ) = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
+[ "$(countlines_)" = 4 ] || { fail=1; cat out; }
grep -F 'become inacce' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
grep -F 'has appeared' out || { fail=1; cat out; }
grep '^X1$' out || { fail=1; cat out; }