use File::Tail; $| = 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";