On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 06:44:13PM +0400, Alexey Shumkin wrote: > test_web_browse () { > - # browser=$1 url=$2 > + # browser=$1 url=$2 sleep_timeout=$3 > + sleep_timeout="$3" > git web--browse --browser="$1" "$2" >actual && > + # if $3 is set > + # as far as Firefox is run in background (it is run with &) > + # we trying to avoid race condition > + # by waiting for "$sleep_timeout" seconds of timeout for 'fake_browser_ran' file appearance > + (test -z "$sleep_timeout" || ( > + for timeout in $(seq 1 $sleep_timeout); do > + test -f fake_browser_ran && break > + sleep 1 > + done > + test $timeout -ne $sleep_timeout > + ) > + ) && > tr -d '\015' <actual >text && Gross, but I don't really see another way to handle the asynchronous nature of spawning background browsers. Two things, though: 1. Should test_web_browse just delete fake_browser_ran for us? Then later tests do not have to remember to do so. 2. Seeing fake_browser_ran appeared, we know that the script has started. But there is still a race condition in which it may not have written anything to "actual" yet. In this implementation: > + cat >"fake browser" <<-\EOF && > + #!/bin/sh > + > + : > fake_browser_ran > + if test "$1" = "-version"; then > + echo Fake Firefox browser version 1.2.3 > + else > + # Firefox (in contrast to w3m) is run in background (with &) > + # so redirect output to "actual" > + echo fake: "$@" > actual > + fi > + EOF There is a period where fake_browser_ran exists, but nothing is in actual. You can solve it by setting fake_browser_ran at the end rather than the beginning. Or you can drop fake_browser_ran entirely, and just atomically move actual into place, like: echo "fake: $*" >actual.tmp mv actual.tmp actual and then test_web_browse can just spin waiting for "actual" to appear. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html