Re: [patch] Support modern network utilities for finding free ports for tests

Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> writes:

>>> > HTTPD_PORT=3691
>>> > -while netstat -an | grep $HTTPD_PORT | grep 'LISTEN' >/dev/null; do
>>> > +while \
>>> > + (ss -ltn sport = :$HTTP_PORT 2>&1 | grep :$HTTP_PORT > /dev/null ) \
>>> > + || \
>>> > + (netstat -an 2>&1 | grep $HTTP_PORT | grep 'LISTEN' > /dev/null ) \
>>> > + do
>
> Looking at it again I'm more worried about the handling of the exit
> statuses in the pipelines. Different shells have different behaviours.

I think it is probably OK in that regard. The ambiguity is what should
be returned when multiple commands in a pipeline return non-zero, but
the code is only looking to distinguish two cases: all commands in a
pipeline return zero, one or more commands return non-zero.

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Philip Martin | Subversion Committer
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