2 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index 025276332..8d01064bf 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ all_tests =					\
   tests/tail-2/retry.sh				\
   tests/tail-2/symlink.sh			\
   tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh			\
+  tests/tail-2/truncate.sh			\
   tests/chmod/c-option.sh			\
   tests/chmod/equal-x.sh			\
   tests/chmod/equals.sh				\
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/truncate.sh b/tests/tail-2/truncate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..82720fda0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tail-2/truncate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure all logs are output upon file truncation
+
+# Copyright (C) 2015 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
+
+check_tail_output()
+{
+  local delay="$1"
+  grep "$tail_re" out > /dev/null ||
+    { sleep $delay; return 1; }
+}
+
+# Terminate any background tail process
+cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
+
+# Speedup the non inotify case
+fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'
+
+for follow in '-f' '-F'; do
+  for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
+    rm -f out
+    seq 10 > f || framework_failure_
+
+    tail $follow $mode $fastpoll f > out 2>&1 & pid=$!
+
+    # Wait up to 12.7s for tail to start
+    tail_re='^10$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 ||
+      { cat out; fail=1; }
+
+    seq 11 15 > f || framework_failure_
+
+    # Wait up to 12.7s for new data
+    tail_re='^15$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 ||
+      { cat out; fail=1; }
+
+    cleanup_
+  done
+done
+
+Exit $fail