This script can be used in pretest.dat files to wait until a given file
appears.
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Wait until a given file appears
+#
+# Params:
+# $1 - filename
+# $2 - maximum time to wait in seconds, default is 5 seconds
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 || $# -gt 2 ]]
+then
+ echo "invalid arguments"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+secs=$2
+[ ! $secs ] && secs=5
+
+let steps=$secs*10
+for i in `seq 1 $steps`
+do
+ # -f does not work for special files (e.g. UNIX domain sockets), use ls
+ # instead
+ ls $1 >/dev/null 2>&1
+ [ $? -eq 0 ] && exit 0
+ sleep 0.1
+done
+
+echo "File '$1' not available after $secs second(s)"
+exit 1