tests/tail/pipe-f2.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that "tail -f fifo" tails indefinitely.

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ tail

mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo

echo 1 > fifo &
echo 1 > exp || framework_failure_

# Terminate any background tail process
cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }

# Speedup the non inotify case
fastpoll='-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1'

timeout 10 tail $fastpoll -f fifo > out & pid=$!

check_tail_output() { sleep $1; test -s out; }

# Wait 12.7s for tail to write something.
retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1

compare exp out || fail=1

# Ensure tail is still running
kill -0 $pid || fail=1

cleanup_

Exit $fail
