#!/bin/sh # Demonstrate that when moving a symlink onto a hardlink-to-that-symlink, # an error is presented. Depending on your kernel (e.g., Linux, Solaris, # but not NetBSD), prior to coreutils-8.16, the mv would successfully perform # a no-op. I.e., surprisingly, mv s1 s2 would succeed, yet fail to remove s1. # Copyright (C) 2012-2023 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 . . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ mv # Create a file f, and a symlink s1 to that file. touch f || framework_failure_ ln -s f s2 || framework_failure_ # Attempt to create a hard link to that symlink. # On some systems, it's not possible: they create a hard link to the referent. ln s2 s1 || framework_failure_ # If s1 is not a symlink, skip this test. test -h s1 \ || skip_ your kernel or file system cannot create a hard link to a symlink for opt in '' --backup; do if test "$opt" = --backup; then mv $opt s1 s2 > out 2>&1 || fail=1 compare /dev/null out || fail=1 # Ensure that s1 is gone. test -e s1 && fail=1 # With --backup, ensure that the backup file was created. ref=$(readlink s2~) || fail=1 test "$ref" = f || fail=1 else echo "mv: 's1' and 's2' are the same file" > exp mv $opt s1 s2 2>err && fail=1 compare exp err || fail=1 # Ensure that s1 is still present. test -e s1 || fail=1 # Without --backup, ensure there is no backup file. test -e s2~ && fail=1 fi done Exit $fail