zeek/testing/scripts/wait-for-file

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#! /usr/bin/env bash
# Sleeps until a file comes into existence.
if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
>&2 echo "usage: $0 <file to wait for> <max secs to wait>"
exit 1
fi
wait_file=$1
max_wait=$2
wait_count=0
while [[ ! -e $wait_file ]]; do
let "wait_count += 1"
if [[ $wait_count -ge $max_wait ]]; then
>&2 echo "error: file '$wait_file' does not exist after $max_wait seconds"
exit 1
fi
sleep 1
done