#!/bin/sh # demonstrate that tail -F works when renaming the tailed files # Before coreutils-8.3, tail -F a b would stop tracking additions to b # after "mv a b". # Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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 touch a b || framework_failure_ debug='---disable-inotify' debug= tail $debug -F -s.1 a b > out 2>&1 & pid=$! check_tail_output() { local delay="$1" grep "$tail_re" out > /dev/null || { sleep $delay; return 1; } } # Wait up to 6.3s for tail to start echo x > a tail_re='^x$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1 mv a b || fail=1 # Wait 6.3s for this diagnostic: # tail: `a' has become inaccessible: No such file or directory tail_re='inaccessible' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1 echo x > a # Wait up to 6.3s for this to appear in the output: # "tail: `...' has appeared; following end of new file" tail_re='has appeared' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || { echo "$0: a: unexpected delay?"; cat out; fail=1; } echo y >> b # Wait up to 6.3s for "y" to appear in the output: tail_f_vs_rename_2() { local delay="$1" tr '\n' @ < out | grep '@@==> b <==@y@$' > /dev/null || { sleep $delay; return 1; } } retry_delay_ tail_f_vs_rename_2 .1 7 || { echo "$0: b: unexpected delay?"; cat out; fail=1; } echo z >> a # Wait up to 6.3s for "z" to appear in the output: tail_f_vs_rename_3() { local delay="$1" tr '\n' @ < out | grep '@@==> a <==@z@$' > /dev/null || { sleep $delay; return 1; } } retry_delay_ tail_f_vs_rename_3 .1 7 || { echo "$0: a: unexpected delay?"; cat out; fail=1; } kill -HUP $pid Exit $fail