#!/bin/sh # Ensure that tail -f works on an append-only file # Requires root access to do chattr +a, as well as an ext[23] or xfs file system if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then set -x tail --version fi PRIV_CHECK_ARG=require-root . $srcdir/../priv-check pwd=`pwd` t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp; tmp=$t0/$$ trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; chmod -R u+rwx $t0; rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0 trap '(exit $?); exit $?' 1 2 13 15 framework_failure=0 mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1 cd $tmp || framework_failure=1 touch f chattr +a f 2>/dev/null || framework_failure=1 ( echo x > f ) 2>/dev/null && framework_failure=1 echo x >> f || framework_failure=1 if test $framework_failure = 1; then echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2 (exit 1); exit 1 fi fail=0 sleep 1 & pid=$! tail --pid=$pid -f f > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail=1 chattr -a f 2>/dev/null (exit $fail); exit $fail