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| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/du/deref | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/du/deref b/tests/du/deref index 79737a6bb..8e4feac3b 100755 --- a/tests/du/deref +++ b/tests/du/deref @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ #!/bin/sh # prior to coreutils-4.5.3, du -D didn't work in some cases # Based on an example from Andreas Schwab and/or Michal Svec. +# Also, up to coreutils-8.5, du -L sometimes incorrectly +# counted the space of the followed symlinks. # Copyright (C) 2002, 2006-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -27,10 +29,24 @@ fi mkdir -p a/sub || framework_failure ln -s a/sub slink || framework_failure touch b || framework_failure +ln -s .. a/sub/dotdot || framework_failure +ln -s nowhere dangle || framework_failure # This used to fail with the following diagnostic: # du: `b': No such file or directory du -sD slink b > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail=1 +# This used to fail to report the dangling symlink. +du -L dangle > /dev/null 2>&1 && fail=1 + +# du -L used to mess up, either by counting the symlink's disk space itself +# (-L should follow symlinks, not count their space) +# or (briefly in July 2010) by omitting the entry for "a". +du_L_output=`du -L a` || fail=1 +du_lL_output=`du -lL a` || fail=1 +du_x_output=`du --exclude=dotdot a` || fail=1 +test "X$du_L_output" = "X$du_x_output" || fail=1 +test "X$du_lL_output" = "X$du_x_output" || fail=1 + Exit $fail |