(root)/
coreutils-9.4/
tests/
tail/
end-of-device.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that tail seeks to the end of a device

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

# need write access to local device
# (even though we don't actually write anything)
require_root_
require_local_dir_

get_device_size() {
  BLOCKDEV=blockdev
  $BLOCKDEV -V >/dev/null 2>&1 || BLOCKDEV=/sbin/blockdev
  $BLOCKDEV --getsize64 "$1"
}

# Get path to device the current dir is on.
# Note df can only get fs size, not device size.
device=$(df --output=source . | tail -n1) || framework_failure_

dev_size=$(get_device_size "$device") ||
  skip_ "failed to determine size of $device"

tail_offset=$(expr $dev_size - 1023) ||
  skip_ "failed to determine tail offset"

timeout 10 tail -c 1024 "$device" > end1 || fail=1
timeout 10 tail -c +"$tail_offset" "$device" > end2 || fail=1
test $(wc -c < end1) = 1024 || fail=1
cmp end1 end2 || fail=1

Exit $fail