coreutils/tests/cp/r-vs-symlink
2002-10-08 09:21:08 +00:00

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#!/bin/sh
# cp -r should not create symlinks. Fixed in fileutils-4.1.5.
# Restored old behavior (whereby cp -r preserves symlinks) in 4.1.6,
# though now such usage evokes a warning:
# cp: `slink': WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic links is not portable
if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
set -x
cp --version
fi
. $srcdir/../envvar-check
pwd=`pwd`
t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp;tmp=$t0/$$
trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0
trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
framework_failure=0
mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1
cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
echo abc > foo || framework_failure=1
ln -s foo slink || framework_failure=1
ln -s no-such-file no-file || framework_failure=1
if test $framework_failure = 1; then
echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2
(exit 1); exit
fi
fail=0
# This would fail in 4.1.5, not in 4.1.6.
cp -r no-file junk 2>/dev/null || fail=1
cp -r slink bar 2>/dev/null || fail=1
set x `ls -l bar`; shift; mode=$1
case $mode in
l*) ;;
*) fail=1;;
esac
(exit $fail); exit