From cdfb703c5da31a798557722df516e0d01dac828a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:37:08 +0200 Subject: tail -f: handle "-"/stdin once again * src/tail.c (main) [HAVE_INOTIFY]: When stdin (i.e., "-", or no args, but not /dev/stdin) is specified on the command line, don't use inotify. Reported by Bill Brelsford in . * tests/tail-2/follow-stdin: New file. Test for this. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the test. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. This bug was introduced in coreutils-7.5 via commit ae494d4b, 2009-06-02, "tail: use inotify if it is available". --- tests/tail-2/follow-stdin | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100755 tests/tail-2/follow-stdin (limited to 'tests/tail-2') diff --git a/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin b/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin new file mode 100755 index 000000000..46e7ce80f --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# tail -f - would fail with the initial inotify implementation + +# Copyright (C) 2009 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 . + +if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then + set -x + tail --version +fi + +. $srcdir/test-lib.sh + +echo line > exp || framework_failure +echo line > in || framework_failure + +fail=0 +timeout 1 tail -f < in > out 2> err + +# tail from coreutils-7.5 would fail +test $? = 124 || fail=1 + +# Ensure there was no error output. +test -s err && fail=1 + +# Ensure there was +compare out exp || fail=1 + +Exit $fail -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf