+#!/bin/sh -
+# libguestfs
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+# Test if we can handle qemu death in the middle of a command.
+
+set -e
+
+rm -f test.pid test.img
+
+../fish/guestfish <<'EOF'
+alloc test.img 10M
+run
+
+# Kill the subprocess after a short wait.
+pid | cat > test.pid
+! sleep 2 ; kill $(cat test.pid) &
+
+echo "Expect: 'guestfs_sleep reply failed, see earlier error messages'"
+-sleep 1000
+
+# We should now be able to rerun the subprocess.
+run
+ping-daemon
+EOF
+
+rm -f test.pid test.img