--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test-inotify-issue1208.t	Sun Sep 26 13:43:21 2010 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+  $ "$TESTDIR/hghave" inotify || exit 80
+  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ echo "inotify=" >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ p="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+  $ hg init $p
+  $ cd $p
+
+fail
+
+  $ ln -sf doesnotexist .hg/inotify.sock
+  $ hg st
+  abort: inotify-server: cannot start: .hg/inotify.sock is a broken symlink
+  inotify-client: could not start inotify server: child process failed to start
+  $ hg inserve
+  abort: inotify-server: cannot start: .hg/inotify.sock is a broken symlink
+  [255]
+  $ rm .hg/inotify.sock
+
+inserve
+
+  $ hg inserve -d --pid-file=hg.pid
+  $ cat hg.pid >> "$DAEMON_PIDS"
+
+status
+
+  $ hg status
+  ? hg.pid
+  $ kill `cat hg.pid`