doc: fix a grammar nit
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # ensure that ls does not stat a symlink in an unusual case
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
20 print_ver_ ls
21 require_strace_ stat
23 touch x || framework_failure_
24 chmod a+x x || framework_failure_
25 ln -s x link-to-x || framework_failure_
28 # ls from coreutils 6.9 would unnecessarily stat a symlink in an unusual case:
29 # When not coloring orphan and missing entries, and without ln=target,
30 # ensure that ls -F (or -d, or -l: i.e., when not dereferencing)
31 # does not stat a symlink to directory, and does still color that
32 # symlink and an executable file properly.
34 LS_COLORS='or=0:mi=0:ex=01;32:ln=01;35' \
35 strace -qe stat ls -F --color=always x link-to-x > out.tmp 2> err || fail
36 # Elide info messages strace can send to stdout of the form:
37 # [ Process PID=1234 runs in 32 bit mode. ]
38 sed '/Process PID=/d' out.tmp > out
40 # With coreutils 6.9 and earlier, this file would contain a
41 # line showing ls had called stat on "x".
42 grep '^stat("x"' err && fail=1
44 # Check that output is colorized, as requested, too.
46 printf '\033[0m\033[01;35mlink-to-x\033[0m@\n'
47 printf '\033[01;32mx\033[0m*\n'
48 } > exp || fail=1
50 compare exp out || fail=1
52 Exit $fail