tests/head/head-write-error.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Ensure we diagnose and not continue writing to
# the output if we get a write error.

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

if ! test -w /dev/full || ! test -c /dev/full; then
  skip_ '/dev/full is required'
fi

# We can't use /dev/zero as that's bypassed in the --lines case
# due to lseek() indicating it has a size of zero.
yes | head -c10M > bigseek || framework_failure_

# This is the single output diagnostic expected,
# (without the possibly varying :strerror(ENOSPC) suffix).
printf '%s\n' "head: error writing 'standard output'" > exp

# Memory is bounded in these cases
for item in lines bytes; do
  for N in 0 1; do
    # pipe case
    yes | returns_ 1 timeout 10s head --$item=-$N > /dev/full 2> errt || fail=1
    sed 's/\(head:.*\):.*/\1/' errt > err
    compare exp err || fail=1

    # seekable case
    returns_ 1 timeout 10s head --$item=-$N bigseek > /dev/full 2> errt \
        || fail=1
    sed 's/\(head:.*\):.*/\1/' errt > err
    compare exp err || fail=1
  done
done

Exit $fail