Make sure printf handles a leading -- properly.

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/misc/printf b/tests/misc/printf
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..70c0df5b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/printf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/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