Nice post and thanks to the original author !
Ref: http://www.notthewizard.com/2014/06/17/are-files-appends-really-atomic/
#!/bin/bash
#############################################################################
#
# This script aims to test/prove that you can append to a single file from
# multiple processes with buffers up to a certain size, without causing one
# process' output to corrupt the other's.
#
# The script takes one parameter, the length of the buffer. It then creates
# 20 worker processes which each write 50 lines of the specified buffer
# size to the same file. When all processes are done outputting, it tests
# the output file to ensure it is in the correct format.
#
#############################################################################
NUM_WORKERS=20
LINES_PER_WORKER=50
OUTPUT_FILE=/tmp/out.tmp
# each worker will output $LINES_PER_WORKER lines to the output file
run_worker() {
worker_num=$1
buf_len=$2
# Each line will be a specific character, multiplied by the line length.
# The character changes based on the worker number.
filler_len=$((${buf_len}-1)) # -1 -> leave room for \n
filler_char=$(printf \\$(printf '%03o' $(($worker_num+64))))
line=`for i in $(seq 1 $filler_len);do echo -n $filler_char;done`
for i in $(seq 1 $LINES_PER_WORKER)
do
echo $line >> $OUTPUT_FILE
done
}
if [ "$1" = "worker" ]; then
run_worker $2 $3
exit
fi
buf_len=$1
if [ "$buf_len" = "" ]; then
echo "Buffer length not specified, defaulting to 4096"
buf_len=4096
fi
rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE
echo Launching $NUM_WORKERS worker processes
for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_WORKERS)
do
$0 worker $i $buf_len &
pids[$i]=${!}
done
echo Each line will be $buf_len characters long
echo Waiting for processes to exit
for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_WORKERS)
do
wait ${pids[$i]}
done
# Now we want to test the output file. Each line should be the same letter
# repeated buf_len-1 times (remember the \n takes up one byte). If we had
# workers writing over eachother's lines, then there will be mixed characters
# and/or longer/shorter lines.
echo Testing output file
# Make sure the file is the right size (ensures processes didn't write over
# eachother's lines)
expected_file_size=$(($NUM_WORKERS * $LINES_PER_WORKER * $buf_len))
actual_file_size=`cat $OUTPUT_FILE | wc -c`
if [ "$expected_file_size" -ne "$actual_file_size" ]; then
echo Expected file size of $expected_file_size, but got $actual_file_size
else
# File size is OK, test the actual content
# Only use newer versions of grep because older ones are way too slow with
# backreferences
[[ $(grep --version) =~ [^[:digit:]]*([[:digit:]]+)\.([[:digit:]]+) ]]
grep_ver="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
if [ "$grep_ver" -ge "216" ]; then
num_lines=$(grep -v "^\(.\)\1\{$((${buf_len}-2))\}$" $OUTPUT_FILE | wc -l)
else
# Scan line by line in bash, which isn't that speedy, but is good enough
# Note: Doesn't work on cygwin for lines < 255
line_length=$((${buf_len}-1))
num_lines=0
for line in `cat $OUTPUT_FILE`
do
if ! [[ $line =~ ^${line:0:1}{$line_length}$ ]]; then
num_lines=$(($num_lines+1))
fi;
echo -n .
done
echo
fi
if [ "$num_lines" -gt "0" ]; then
echo "Found $num_lines instances of corrupted lines"
else
echo "All's good! The output file had no corrupted lines. $size"
fi
fi
rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE
Ref: http://www.notthewizard.com/2014/06/17/are-files-appends-really-atomic/
#!/bin/bash
#############################################################################
#
# This script aims to test/prove that you can append to a single file from
# multiple processes with buffers up to a certain size, without causing one
# process' output to corrupt the other's.
#
# The script takes one parameter, the length of the buffer. It then creates
# 20 worker processes which each write 50 lines of the specified buffer
# size to the same file. When all processes are done outputting, it tests
# the output file to ensure it is in the correct format.
#
#############################################################################
NUM_WORKERS=20
LINES_PER_WORKER=50
OUTPUT_FILE=/tmp/out.tmp
# each worker will output $LINES_PER_WORKER lines to the output file
run_worker() {
worker_num=$1
buf_len=$2
# Each line will be a specific character, multiplied by the line length.
# The character changes based on the worker number.
filler_len=$((${buf_len}-1)) # -1 -> leave room for \n
filler_char=$(printf \\$(printf '%03o' $(($worker_num+64))))
line=`for i in $(seq 1 $filler_len);do echo -n $filler_char;done`
for i in $(seq 1 $LINES_PER_WORKER)
do
echo $line >> $OUTPUT_FILE
done
}
if [ "$1" = "worker" ]; then
run_worker $2 $3
exit
fi
buf_len=$1
if [ "$buf_len" = "" ]; then
echo "Buffer length not specified, defaulting to 4096"
buf_len=4096
fi
rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE
echo Launching $NUM_WORKERS worker processes
for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_WORKERS)
do
$0 worker $i $buf_len &
pids[$i]=${!}
done
echo Each line will be $buf_len characters long
echo Waiting for processes to exit
for i in $(seq 1 $NUM_WORKERS)
do
wait ${pids[$i]}
done
# Now we want to test the output file. Each line should be the same letter
# repeated buf_len-1 times (remember the \n takes up one byte). If we had
# workers writing over eachother's lines, then there will be mixed characters
# and/or longer/shorter lines.
echo Testing output file
# Make sure the file is the right size (ensures processes didn't write over
# eachother's lines)
expected_file_size=$(($NUM_WORKERS * $LINES_PER_WORKER * $buf_len))
actual_file_size=`cat $OUTPUT_FILE | wc -c`
if [ "$expected_file_size" -ne "$actual_file_size" ]; then
echo Expected file size of $expected_file_size, but got $actual_file_size
else
# File size is OK, test the actual content
# Only use newer versions of grep because older ones are way too slow with
# backreferences
[[ $(grep --version) =~ [^[:digit:]]*([[:digit:]]+)\.([[:digit:]]+) ]]
grep_ver="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
if [ "$grep_ver" -ge "216" ]; then
num_lines=$(grep -v "^\(.\)\1\{$((${buf_len}-2))\}$" $OUTPUT_FILE | wc -l)
else
# Scan line by line in bash, which isn't that speedy, but is good enough
# Note: Doesn't work on cygwin for lines < 255
line_length=$((${buf_len}-1))
num_lines=0
for line in `cat $OUTPUT_FILE`
do
if ! [[ $line =~ ^${line:0:1}{$line_length}$ ]]; then
num_lines=$(($num_lines+1))
fi;
echo -n .
done
echo
fi
if [ "$num_lines" -gt "0" ]; then
echo "Found $num_lines instances of corrupted lines"
else
echo "All's good! The output file had no corrupted lines. $size"
fi
fi
rm -f $OUTPUT_FILE
