tests: avoid triggering obsolete tail option processing
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1 #!/bin/sh
3 # Use stat to find a writable directory on a file system different from that
4 # of the current directory. If one is found, create a temporary directory
5 # inside it.
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22 test "${CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS+set}" = set \
23 || CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS="$TMPDIR /tmp /dev/shm /var/tmp /usr/tmp $HOME"
25 other_partition_tmpdir=
27 dot_mount_point=$(stat -c %d .)
28 for d in $CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS; do
30 # Skip nonexistent directories.
31 test -d "$d" || continue
33 d_mount_point=$(stat -L -c %d "$d")
35 # Same partition? Skip it.
36 test "x$d_mount_point" = "x$dot_mount_point" && continue
38 # See if we can create a directory in it.
39 if mkdir "$d/tmp$$" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
40 other_partition_tmpdir="$d/tmp$$"
41 break
44 done
46 if test -z "$other_partition_tmpdir"; then
47 skip_ \
48 "requires a writable directory on a different file system,
49 and I couldn't find one. I tried these:
50 $CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS
51 Set your environment variable CANDIDATE_TMP_DIRS to make
52 this test use a different list."
55 test "$VERBOSE" = yes && set -x