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+#!/bin/sh
+# Exercise the Darwin/MacOS bug worked around on 2006-09-29,
+# whereby rm would fail to remove all entries in a directory.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2022 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_ rm
+
+# Create a directory containing many files.
+# What counts is a combination of the number of files and
+# the lengths of their names. For details, see
+# https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-coreutils/2006-09/msg00326.html
+mkdir b || framework_failure_
+cd b || framework_failure_
+for i in $(seq 1 250); do
+ touch $(printf %040d $i) || framework_failure_
+done
+cd .. || framework_failure_
+
+
+# On a buggy system, this would fail with the diagnostic,
+# "cannot remove directory 'b': Directory not empty"
+rm -rf b || fail=1
+
+test -d b && fail=1
+
+Exit $fail