maint: add a syntax check to prevent use of NULL
[coreutils.git] / tests / cp / abuse.sh
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # ensure that cp does not write through a just-copied symlink
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
20 print_ver_ cp
22 mkdir a b c || framework_failure_
23 ln -s ../t a/1 || framework_failure_
24 echo payload > b/1 || framework_failure_
26 echo "cp: will not copy 'b/1' through just-created symlink 'c/1'" \
27 > exp || framework_failure_
29 # Check both cases: a dangling symlink, and one pointing to a writable file.
31 for i in dangling-dest existing-dest; do
32 test $i = existing-dest && echo i > t
33 test $i = dangling-dest && rm -f t
35 cp -dR a/1 b/1 c 2> out && fail=1
37 compare exp out || fail=1
39 # When the destination is a dangling symlink,
40 # ensure that cp does not create it.
41 test $i = dangling-dest \
42 && test -f t && fail=1
44 # When the destination symlink points to a writable file,
45 # ensure that cp does not change it.
46 test $i = existing-dest \
47 && case $(cat t) in i);; *) fail=1;; esac
48 done
50 Exit $fail