From 61de57cd2369914542d44d32b4a2e001f638ada8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:20:01 +0200 Subject: tail --follow=name no longer implies --retry * src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Just as without inotify, tail --follow=name now terminates when the last tailed-by-name file is unlinked or moved aside. This bug was introduced on 2009-06-15 via commit ae494d4b, "tail: use inotify if it is available". Reported by Tim Underwood in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/22286 * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention this. * tests/tail-2/follow-name: Test for this. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. --- tests/tail-2/follow-name | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100755 tests/tail-2/follow-name (limited to 'tests/tail-2/follow-name') diff --git a/tests/tail-2/follow-name b/tests/tail-2/follow-name new file mode 100755 index 000000000..ef9434a60 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/tail-2/follow-name @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# ensure that --follow=name does not imply --retry + +# Copyright (C) 2011 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 . + +. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src +print_ver_ tail + +cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_ +tail: cannot open `no-such' for reading: No such file or directory +tail: no files remaining +EOF + +timeout 10 tail --follow=name no-such > out 2> err +test $? = 1 || fail=1 + +compare err exp || fail=1 + +Exit $fail -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf