view tests/svn-safe-append.py @ 29564:db565a506729

test-http: use sed instead of fixed-with cut for reading access.log

Some systems (like FreeBSD jails) use something other than 127.0.0.1
for localhost, and it's not safe to assume it'll always be the same
width. Using sed with a replacement like this sidesteps the problem.

#!/usr/bin/env python

from __future__ import absolute_import

__doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b.
Without this svn will not detect workspace changes."""

import os
import sys

text = sys.argv[1]
fname = sys.argv[2]

f = open(fname, "ab")
try:
    before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime
    f.write(text)
    f.write("\n")
finally:
    f.close()
inc = 1
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime
while now == before:
    t = now + inc
    inc += 1
    os.utime(fname, (t, t))
    now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime