tests: use the "nobody" user's group as the default group id
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 # ensure that cp does not write through a just-copied symlink
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19 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
20 set -x
21 cp --version
24 . $srcdir/test-lib.sh
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.
35 fail=0
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
53 done
55 Exit $fail