#!/bin/sh # Ensure that cp works as documented, when the destination is a dangling symlink # Copyright (C) 2007-2023 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 . . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ cp ln -s no-such dangle || framework_failure_ echo hi > f || framework_failure_ echo hi > exp || framework_failure_ echo "cp: not writing through dangling symlink 'dangle'" \ > exp-err || framework_failure_ # Starting with 6.9.90, this usage fails, by default: for opt in '' '-f'; do returns_ 1 cp $opt f dangle > err 2>&1 || fail=1 compare exp-err err || fail=1 test -f no-such && fail=1 done # But you can set POSIXLY_CORRECT to get the historical behavior. env POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 cp f dangle > out 2>&1 || fail=1 cat no-such >> out || fail=1 compare exp out || fail=1 # Starting with 8.30 we treat ELOOP as existing and so # remove the symlink ln -s loop loop || framework_failure_ cp -f f loop > err 2>&1 || fail=1 compare /dev/null err || fail=1 compare exp loop || fail=1 test -f loop || fail=1 Exit $fail