[Cvs-cvs] Changes to ccvs/src/sanity.sh

[Derek Robert Price]

Index: ccvs/src/sanity.sh
diff -u ccvs/src/sanity.sh:1.1097 ccvs/src/sanity.sh:1.1098
--- ccvs/src/sanity.sh:1.1097   Fri Oct 28 20:47:38 2005
+++ ccvs/src/sanity.sh  Thu Nov  3 16:58:20 2005
@@ -20465,8 +20465,10 @@
 a lot of data on a line to make a really big file once it is copied, copied,
 copied, the digital equivalent of a mile.
 EOF
+         # 1..14 creates about a 1MB file, the minimum required on the system
+         # I initially tested this on.  1..16 creates about a 4MB file.
          for a in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16; do
-           cat big_file >>tmp
+           cat big_file >tmp
            cat big_file >>tmp
            mv tmp big_file
          done
@@ -20485,7 +20487,8 @@
          #
          # The only odd thing is that it worked at all, sometimes.  For
          # example, I needed big_file to be at least 1MB in size to reproduce
-         # this here (for a in 1..14 - I used 1..16 just for good measure).
+         # this here (for a in 1..14 - I used 1..16 above just 4 good measure
+         # - this compresses to c. 26k and should handle up 2 a c. 16k pg sz).
          # My guess is that this has something to do with the amount the file
          # gets compressed and how much other data preceded it in the data
          # stream - the current buffer read will read as much data as is