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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # Miscellaneous tests for "ln".
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19 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
20 print_ver_ ln
22 t=tln-symlink
23 d=tln-subdir
24 ld=tln-symlink-to-subdir
25 f=tln-file
27 # Create a simple symlink with both source and destination files
28 # in current directory.
29 touch $f || framework_failure
30 rm -f $t || framework_failure
31 ln -s $f $t || fail=1
32 test -f $t || fail=1
33 rm $t $f
35 # Create a symlink with source file and explicit destination directory/file.
36 touch $f || framework_failure
37 rm -rf $d || framework_failure
38 mkdir $d || framework_failure
39 ln -s ../$f $d/$t || fail=1
40 test -f $d/$t || fail=1
41 rm -rf $d $f
43 # Create a symlink with source file and destination directory.
44 touch $f || framework_failure
45 rm -rf $d || framework_failure
46 mkdir $d || framework_failure
47 ln -s ../$f $d || fail=1
48 test -f $d/$f || fail=1
49 rm -rf $d $f
51 # See whether a trailing slash is followed too far.
52 touch $f || framework_failure
53 rm -rf $d || framework_failure
54 mkdir $d $d/$f || framework_failure
55 ln $f $d/ 2> /dev/null && fail=1
56 ln -s $f $d/ 2> /dev/null && fail=1
57 rm -rf $d $f
59 # Make sure we get a failure with existing dest without -f option
60 touch $t || framework_failure
61 # FIXME: don't ignore the error message but rather test
62 # it to make sure it's the right one.
63 ln -s $t $t 2> /dev/null && fail=1
64 rm $t
66 # Make sure -sf fails when src and dest are the same
67 touch $t || framework_failure
68 ln -sf $t $t 2> /dev/null && fail=1
69 rm $t
71 # Create a symlink with source file and no explicit directory
72 rm -rf $d || framework_failure
73 mkdir $d || framework_failure
74 touch $d/$f || framework_failure
75 ln -s $d/$f || fail=1
76 test -f $f || fail=1
77 rm -rf $d $f
79 # Create a symlink with source file and destination symlink-to-directory.
80 rm -rf $d $f $ld || framework_failure
81 touch $f || framework_failure
82 mkdir $d || framework_failure
83 ln -s $d $ld
84 ln -s ../$f $ld || fail=1
85 test -f $d/$f || fail=1
86 rm -rf $d $f $ld
88 # Create a symlink with source file and destination symlink-to-directory.
89 # BUT use the new --no-dereference option.
90 rm -rf $d $f $ld || framework_failure
91 touch $f || framework_failure
92 mkdir $d || framework_failure
93 ln -s $d $ld
94 af=`pwd`/$f
95 ln --no-dereference -fs "$af" $ld || fail=1
96 test -f $ld || fail=1
97 rm -rf $d $f $ld
99 # Try to create a symlink with backup where the destination file exists
100 # and the backup file name is a hard link to the destination file.
101 touch a b || framework_failure
102 ln b b~ || framework_failure
103 ln -f --b=simple a b || fail=1
105 # ===================================================
107 # Make sure ln can make simple backups.
108 # This was fixed in 4.0.34. Broken in 4.0r.
109 for cmd in ln cp mv ginstall; do
110 rm -rf a x a.orig
111 touch a x || framework_failure
112 $cmd --backup=simple --suffix=.orig x a || fail=1
113 test -f a.orig || fail=1
114 done
116 # ===================================================
117 # With coreutils-5.2.1, this would mistakenly access argv[1][-1].
118 # I'm including it here, in case some day programs like valgrind detect that.
119 # Purify probably would have done so.
120 ln foo '' 2> /dev/null
122 # ===================================================
124 Exit $fail