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-rwxr-xr-xtests/tail-2/pid15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/pid b/tests/tail-2/pid
index 90f168430..760e289bc 100755
--- a/tests/tail-2/pid
+++ b/tests/tail-2/pid
@@ -29,26 +29,27 @@ touch here || framework_failure
fail=0
for inotify in ---disable-inotify ''; do
- # Use tail itself to create a background process to monitor.
+ # Use tail itself to create a background process to monitor,
+ # which will auto exit when "here" is removed.
tail -f $inotify here &
bg_pid=$!
# Ensure that tail --pid=PID does not exit when PID is alive.
- timeout 1 tail -s.1 -f $inotify here --pid=$bg_pid
+ timeout 1 tail -f -s.1 --pid=$bg_pid $inotify here
test $? = 124 || fail=1
# Cleanup background process
kill $bg_pid
- # Ensure that tail --pid=PID exits successfully when PID is dead.
+ # Ensure that tail --pid=PID exits with success status when PID is dead.
# Use an unlikely-to-be-live PID
- timeout 3 tail -s.1 --pid=$PID_T_MAX -f $inotify /dev/null
+ timeout 3 tail -f -s.1 --pid=$PID_T_MAX $inotify /dev/null
ret=$?
- test $ret = 124 && skip_test_ "pid $PID_T_MAX present"
+ test $ret = 124 && skip_test_ "pid $PID_T_MAX present or tail too slow"
test $ret = 0 || fail=1
- # Ensure fractional sleep parameter is honored with --pid
- timeout 3 tail -s.1 -f $inotify /dev/null --pid=$PID_T_MAX
+ # Ensure tail doesn't wait for data when PID is dead
+ timeout 3 tail -f -s10 --pid=$PID_T_MAX $inotify /dev/null
test $? = 124 && fail=1
done