#! /bin/sh

# simulate control_c by sending SIGUSR1 to the vgdb using prefix $1 in $2 seconds
# If there are some args after $2, the rest of these args is a command and its arg
# which is run every second. When this command is succesful, then the sleep and
# the control c simul is done.
PREFIX=$1
shift
SLEEP=$1
shift
GUARDCMD="$@"
if [ "$GUARDCMD" = "" ]
then
  GUARDCMD="true"
fi
VGDBPID=`./vgdb -D $PREFIX 2>&1 | awk '/vgdb pid/ {print $3}'`
if [ "$VGDBPID" = "" ]
then
  echo "simulate_control_c could not determine the vgdb pid with " $PREFIX
  exit 1
fi
(while ! $GUARDCMD >> garbage.filtered.out 2>&1
 do
   sleep 1
 done
 sleep $SLEEP
 kill -s USR1 $VGDBPID) &
