From 1f3e04f05c53228c514ed3d256a7331d13da7431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:20:02 +0000
Subject: *** empty log message ***

---
 tests/tail-2/start-middle | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tests/tail-2/start-middle

(limited to 'tests')

diff --git a/tests/tail-2/start-middle b/tests/tail-2/start-middle
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..da1b4db10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tail-2/start-middle
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Verify that tail works even when it's reading from a file
+# that is not at its beginning.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  tail --version
+fi
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+tmp=tail-mid.$$
+trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0
+trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
+
+framework_failure=0
+mkdir $tmp || framework_failure=1
+cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
+
+(echo 1; echo 2) > k || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+  echo '$0: failure in testing framework' 1>&2
+  (exit 1); exit
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+sh -c 'read x; tail' < k > out || fail=1
+cat <<EOF > exp
+2
+EOF
+
+cmp out exp || fail=1
+test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null
+
+(exit $fail); exit
-- 
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