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retries/retries.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function retry () {
+    local i=5 delay=1
+    while [ $i -gt 0 ]; do
+	i="$((i-1))"
+
+	# save shell flags to restore them later
+	bash_flags="$-"
+        
+	# execute the given command
+	set +e
+        "$@"
+        ret=$?
+	
+	# restore flags since we modified them above
+	if [[ "$bash_flags" == *e* ]]; then
+          set -e
+	fi
+
+        if [ $ret -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "$1 failed. Retrying in $delay seconds..."
+            sleep $delay
+            continue
+        else
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo "Giving up..."
+    return 1
+}
+
+function fail () {
+    echo "$@"
+    exit 255
+}
+
+echo "Testcase: false"
+retry false
+[ $? -gt 0 ] || fail "assert failed"
+
+echo
+echo "Testcase: true"
+retry true
+[ $? -eq 0 ] || fail "assert failed"
+
+echo
+echo "Testcase: random"
+retry /bin/sh -c 'echo random; [ $RANDOM -lt 6000 ]'
+
+