# [PATCH] Fix tail option problem in test 4 messages from 2007-04-23 to 2007-04-24. Participants: A Large Angry SCM, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7809 ## A Large Angry SCM, 2007-04-23 23:56 Subject: [PATCH] Fix tail option problem in test Message-ID: <462D47CA.7010806@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/462D47CA.7010806%40gmail.com ``` The tail command on my system complains: tail: cannot open `8192' for reading: No such file or directory if there is any whitespace between the '-c' option and the byte count. Signed-off-by: A Large Angry SCM --- t/t5302-pack-index.sh | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh index 232e5f1..b7870a8 100755 --- a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh +++ b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success \ test-genrandom "$i" 8192 >>file_$i && git-update-index --add file_$i || return 1 done && - echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c 8192 file_100 >>file_101 && + echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c8192 file_100 >>file_101 && git-update-index --add file_101 && tree=`git-write-tree` && commit=`git-commit-tree $tree URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v4pn6d459.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <462D47CA.7010806@gmail.com> ``` A Large Angry SCM writes: > The tail command on my system complains: > > tail: cannot open `8192' for reading: No such file or directory > > if there is any whitespace between the '-c' option and the byte count. > > Signed-off-by: A Large Angry SCM > --- > > t/t5302-pack-index.sh | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh > index 232e5f1..b7870a8 100755 > --- a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh > +++ b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success \ > test-genrandom "$i" 8192 >>file_$i && > git-update-index --add file_$i || return 1 > done && > - echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c 8192 file_100 >>file_101 && > + echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c8192 file_100 >>file_101 && > git-update-index --add file_101 && > tree=`git-write-tree` && > commit=`git-commit-tree $tree URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/462D4F5D.7010605%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <7v4pn6d459.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > A Large Angry SCM writes: > >> The tail command on my system complains: >> >> tail: cannot open `8192' for reading: No such file or directory >> >> if there is any whitespace between the '-c' option and the byte count. >> >> Signed-off-by: A Large Angry SCM >> --- >> >> t/t5302-pack-index.sh | 2 +- >> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh >> index 232e5f1..b7870a8 100755 >> --- a/t/t5302-pack-index.sh >> +++ b/t/t5302-pack-index.sh >> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success \ >> test-genrandom "$i" 8192 >>file_$i && >> git-update-index --add file_$i || return 1 >> done && >> - echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c 8192 file_100 >>file_101 && >> + echo 101 >file_101 && tail -c8192 file_100 >>file_101 && >> git-update-index --add file_101 && >> tree=`git-write-tree` && >> commit=`git-commit-tree $tree > I do not like using tail to do a byte-oriented thing like this > to begin with. How about using the plain old trustworthy and > portable program, "dd", instead? It's not as easy to get the last X bytes of a file with dd. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2007-04-24 05:02 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix tail option problem in test Message-ID: <7v8xcibc00.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v8xcibc00.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <462D4F5D.7010605@gmail.com> ``` A Large Angry SCM writes: > It's not as easy to get the last X bytes of a file with dd. Fair enough. ```