2 # ensure that cp does not write through a just-copied symlink
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19 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
26 mkdir a b c || framework_failure
27 ln -s ..
/t a
/1 || framework_failure
28 echo payload
> b
/1 || framework_failure
30 echo "cp: will not copy \`b/1' through just-created symlink \`c/1'" \
31 > exp || framework_failure
33 # Check both cases: a dangling symlink, and one pointing to a writable file.
36 for i
in dangling-dest existing-dest
; do
37 test $i = existing-dest
&& echo i
> t
38 test $i = dangling-dest
&& rm -f t
40 cp -a a
/1 b
/1 c
2> out
&& fail
=1
42 compare out exp || fail
=1
44 # When the destination is a dangling symlink,
45 # ensure that cp does not create it.
46 test $i = dangling-dest \
47 && test -f t
&& fail
=1
49 # When the destination symlink points to a writable file,
50 # ensure that cp does not change it.
51 test $i = existing-dest \
52 && case $
(cat t
) in i
);; *) fail
=1;; esac