tests/rm/dangling-symlink

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # rm should not prompt before removing a dangling symlink.
   3 # Likewise for a non-dangling symlink.
   4 # But for fileutils-4.1.9, it would do the former and
   5 # for fileutils-4.1.10 the latter.
   6
   7 # Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   8
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  13
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  21
  22 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
  23   set -x
  24   rm --version
  25 fi
  26
  27 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh
  28
  29 ln -s no-file dangle
  30 ln -s / symlink
  31
  32 fail=0
  33
  34 rm ---presume-input-tty dangle symlink &
  35 pid=$!
  36 # The buggy rm (fileutils-4.1.9) would hang here, waiting for input.
  37
  38 # Give the working rm a chance to remove the file.
  39 sleep 1
  40
  41 # The file must no longer exist.
  42 ls -l dangle > /dev/null 2>&1 && fail=1
  43 ls -l symlink > /dev/null 2>&1 && fail=1
  44
  45 kill $pid > /dev/null 2>&1
  46
  47 (exit $fail); exit $fail