tests: avoid false failure in preserve-slink-time.sh on GPFS
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Verify that cp -Pp preserves times even on symlinks.
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
20 print_ver_ cp
22 grep '^#define HAVE_UTIMENSAT 1' "$CONFIG_HEADER" > /dev/null ||
23 grep '^#define HAVE_LUTIMES 1' "$CONFIG_HEADER" > /dev/null ||
24 skip_ 'this system lacks the utimensat function'
26 ln -s no-such dangle || framework_failure_
28 # If the current file system lacks sub-second resolution, sleep for 2s to
29 # ensure that the times on the copy are different from those of the original.
30 case $(stat --format=%y dangle) in
31 ??:??:??.000000000) sleep 2;;
32 esac
34 copy_timestamp_() {
35 sleep $1
36 rm -f d2
37 cp -Pp dangle d2 || framework_failure_
38 # Can't use --format=%x, as lstat() modifies atime on some platforms.
39 stat --format=%y dangle > t1 || framework_failure_
40 stat --format=%y d2 > t2 || framework_failure_
41 compare t1 t2
44 # We retry with a delay at least 1.5s because on GPFS
45 # it was seen that the timestamp wasn't updated unless there
46 # was sufficient delay between the ln and cp.
47 # I.e., if there wasn't sufficient difference in
48 # the timestamp being updated, the update was discarded.
49 retry_delay_ copy_timestamp_ .1 4 || fail=1
51 Exit $fail