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

# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
print_ver_ tail

mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo

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

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

check_tail_output()
{
  local n_sec="$1"
  test -s out || { sleep $n_sec; return 1; }
}

# Wait 6.3s for tail to write something.
retry_delay_ check_tail_output .1 7 || fail=1

compare exp out || fail=1

# Kill the still-running tail, or fail if it's gone.
kill $pid || fail=1

Exit $fail
