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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+BEGIN {
+   die "The PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH environment variable is not set.\n"
+      unless $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH} && -d $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH};
+   unshift @INC, "$ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH}/lib";
+};
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+use Test::More;
+
+use PerconaTest;
+use Sandbox;
+use SqlModes;
+use threads;
+use Time::HiRes qw( usleep );
+use constant PTDEBUG => $ENV{PTDEBUG} || 0;
+
+require "$trunk/bin/pt-table-checksum";
+
+my $dp  = new DSNParser(opts=>$dsn_opts);
+my $sb  = new Sandbox(basedir => '/tmp', DSNParser => $dp);
+my $dbh = $sb->get_dbh_for('master');
+
+if ( !$dbh ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox master';
+}
+else {
+   plan tests => 2;
+}
+
+my $num_rows = 1_000_000;
+my $table = 't1';
+
+$dbh->do("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test");
+$dbh->do("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test");
+$dbh->do("CREATE TABLE `test`.`$table` (id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR(5)) Engine=InnoDB");
+
+diag(`util/mysql_random_data_load --host=127.0.0.1 --port=12345 --user=msandbox --password=msandbox test $table $num_rows`);
+
+sub start_thread {
+   my ($dsn_opts, $initial_sleep_time) = @_;
+   my $dp = new DSNParser(opts=>$dsn_opts);
+   my $sb = new Sandbox(basedir => '/tmp', DSNParser => $dp);
+   my $master_dbh = $sb->get_dbh_for('master');
+   my $slave_dbh = $sb->get_dbh_for('slave1');
+   diag("Sleeping");
+   sleep($initial_sleep_time);
+   diag("Woke up");
+   $slave_dbh->do("STOP SLAVE IO_THREAD FOR CHANNEL ''");
+   $slave_dbh->do("STOP SLAVE");
+   $master_dbh->do("TRUNCATE TABLE test.$table");
+   # PTDEBUG && diag("Exit thread")
+   sleep(2);
+   $slave_dbh->do("START SLAVE");
+   diag("Exit thread")
+}
+# This is not a realiable sleep value. It works for a i7, hybrid HDD
+my $initial_sleep_time = 17;
+my $thr = threads->create('start_thread', $dsn_opts, $initial_sleep_time);
+threads->yield();
+
+diag("Starting checksum");
+# The sandbox servers run with lock_wait_timeout=3 and it's not dynamic
+# so we need to specify --set-vars innodb_lock_wait_timeout=3 else the tool will die.
+# And --max-load "" prevents waiting for status variables.
+my $master_dsn = 'h=127.1,P=12345,u=msandbox,p=msandbox';
+my @args       = ($master_dsn, qw(--no-check-binlog-format --chunk-size 10)); 
+my $output;
+
+$output = output(
+   sub { pt_table_checksum::main(@args) },
+   stderr => 1,
+);
+
+diag($output);
+unlike(
+   $output,
+   qr/Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY/,
+   "Truncating tables while checksum is running"
+);
+
+$thr->join();
+
+# #############################################################################
+# Done.
+# #############################################################################
+$sb->wipe_clean($dbh);
+ok($sb->ok(), "Sandbox servers") or BAIL_OUT(__FILE__ . " broke the sandbox");
+exit;