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+#!/bin/sh
+# Make sure that cp -dR dereferences a symlink arg if its name is
+# written with a trailing slash.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ cp
+
+mkdir dir || framework_failure_
+ln -s dir symlink || framework_failure_
+
+cp -dR symlink/ s || fail=1
+set $(ls -l s)
+
+# Prior to fileutils-4.0q, the following would have output ...'s -> dir'
+# because the trailing slash was removed unconditionally (now you have to
+# use the new --strip-trailing-slash option) causing cp to reproduce the
+# symlink.  Now, the trailing slash is interpreted by the stat library
+# call and so cp ends up dereferencing the symlink and copying the directory.
+test "$*" = 'total 0' && : || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail