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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/du/8gb b/tests/du/8gb
index 140036996..6ca790914 100755
--- a/tests/du/8gb
+++ b/tests/du/8gb
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ if test $framework_failure = 1; then
(exit 1); exit 1
fi
+# If this file system doesn't support sparse files,
+# don't try to create a file that'd end up consuming 8GB.
+# This happens on Darwin6.5 with a file system of type `hfs'.
+dd bs=1 seek=64K of=t < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+set x `du -sk t`
+if test "$2" = 64; then
+ echo "$0: skipping this test, since this file system doesn't support" 1>&2
+ echo "$0: sparse files and this test requires a file with an apparent" 1>&2
+ echo "$0: size of 8GB" 1>&2
+ (exit 77); exit 77
+fi
+
dd bs=1 seek=8G of=big < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
if test $? != 0; then
echo "$0: cannot create a file large enough for this test; possibly" 1>&2