tests/tail/descriptor-vs-rename.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Demonstrate that tail -f works when renaming the tailed files.
# Between coreutils 7.5 and 8.23 inclusive, 'tail -f a' would
# stop tracking additions to b after 'mv a b'.

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

check_tail_output()
{
  local delay="$1"
  grep "$tail_re" out ||
    { sleep $delay; return 1; }
}

# 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'

for mode in '' '---disable-inotify'; do
  rm -f a out
  touch a || framework_failure_

  tail $mode $fastpoll -f a > out 2>&1 & pid=$!

  # Wait up to 12.7s for tail to start.
  echo x > a
  tail_re='^x$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || { cat out; fail=1; }

  mv a b || framework_failure_

  echo y >> b
  # Wait up to 12.7s for "y" to appear in the output:
  tail_re='^y$' retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || { cat out; fail=1; }

  cleanup_
done

Exit $fail
