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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 NVIDIA
+
+#include "utilities.hpp"
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <format>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
+void sleep_milliseconds(std::chrono::milliseconds milliseconds)
+{
+    std::cerr << std::format("Sleeping for {} milliseconds\n",
+                             milliseconds.count());
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(milliseconds);
+}
+
+void wait_for_path_to_exist(std::string_view path,
+                            std::chrono::milliseconds timeout)
+{
+    while (true)
+    {
+        std::error_code ec;
+        bool exists = std::filesystem::exists(path, ec);
+        if (exists)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        sleep_milliseconds(1ms);
+        timeout -= 1ms;
+    }
+    std::cerr << std::format("Failed to wait for {} to exist", path);
+}