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$| = 1; print "1..7\n";
$debug=0;
######################### End of black magic.
# Insert your test code below (better if it prints "ok 13"
# (correspondingly "not ok 13") depending on the success of chunk 13
# of the test code):
$testname="./test$$";
open(TEST,">$testname");
select TEST;
$|=1;
select STDOUT;
#
# Test 1 - read whole file
#
print TEST "0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n";
$file=File::Tail->new(name=>$testname,debug=>$debug,interval=>1,maxinterval=>5,
adjustafter=>5,errmode=>"return",tail=>-1) or
print "not ok 1\n";
@t=$file->read;
foreach (0..4) {
unless ($t[$_] eq "$_\n") {
print "not ok 1\n - <$t[$_]> at $_";
last;
}
}
print "ok 1\n";
$file->CLOSE;
open(TEST,">$testname");
select TEST;
$|=1;
select STDOUT;
#
# Test 2 - start at end of file
#
$file=File::Tail->new(name=>$testname,debug=>$debug,interval=>1,maxinterval=>5,
adjustafter=>5,errmode=>"return",tail=>0) or
print "not ok 2\n";
$teststring="This is a test string\n";
print TEST $teststring;
$t=$file->read;
if ($t eq $teststring) {
print "ok 2\n";
} else {
print "not ok 2\n";
}
$file->CLOSE;
close(TEST);
#
# Test 3-7 read the last 1-5 lines
#
open(TEST,">$testname");
select TEST;
$|=1;
select STDOUT;
print TEST "0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n";
TEST: foreach $test (3..7) {
undef @t;
# print "Test no. $test!\n";
$file=File::Tail->new(name=>$testname,debug=>$debug,interval=>1,
maxinterval=>5,adjustafter=>5,errmode=>"return",
tail=>($test-2)) or
print "not ok $test\n";
@t=$file->read;
unless (($test-2) == ($#t+1)) {
print "not ok $test\n";
next;
}
# my $a=join("",@t);$a=~tr/\n/ /;
# print "<$a>";
foreach ((7-$test)..4) {
# print "\$t[$test+$_-7]=$t[$test+$_-7], should be $_\n";
unless ($t[$test+$_-7] eq "$_\n") {
print "not ok $test\n - <$t[$_]> at $_";
next TEST;
}
}
print "ok $test\n";
$file->CLOSE;
}
unlink "$testname";