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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-09-13 09:49:19 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-09-13 09:49:19 +0000
commitb9485873b65c169790eb780ae13a2350131530a1 (patch)
tree64c87960aedc5e80b02545d54beed24198c65613 /tests/misc
parent6b11de0aadee094a495df8bb5a2a4bbc781fe90d (diff)
downloadcoreutils-b9485873b65c169790eb780ae13a2350131530a1.tar.xz
Make sure printf handles a leading -- properly.
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diff --git a/tests/misc/printf b/tests/misc/printf
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+#!/bin/sh
+# basic tests for printf
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+ set -x
+ printf --version
+fi
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp; tmp=$t0/$$
+trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; chmod -R u+rwx $t0; 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
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+ echo '$0: failure in testing framework' 1>&2
+ (exit 1); exit 1
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+# This would fail (by printing the `--') for printf in sh-utils
+# and in coreutils 4.5.1.
+printf -- 'foo\n' > out || fail=1
+cat <<\EOF > exp
+foo
+EOF
+
+cmp out exp || fail=1
+test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null
+
+(exit $fail); exit $fail