Re: [PATCH] tail: flush initial output before possibly blocking

[Pádraig Brady]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> 
> Here's what I'm testing now:
> 
> +for i in $(seq 10); do
> +  test -s out && break
> +  echo sleep .1s
>    sleep .1
>  done

Much better, thanks.
BTW, can't we rely on coreutils `test` in tests?

cheers,
Pádraig.