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+#!/bin/sh
+# Show that --color need not use stat, as long as we have d_type support.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+print_ver_ ls
+require_strace_ stat
+require_dirent_d_type_
+
+for i in 1 2 3; do
+  ln -s nowhere dangle-$i || framework_failure_
+done
+
+# Disable enough features via LS_COLORS so that ls --color
+# can do its job without calling stat (other than the obligatory
+# one-call-per-command-line argument).
+cat <<EOF > color-without-stat || framework_failure_
+RESET 0
+DIR 01;34
+LINK 01;36
+FIFO 40;33
+SOCK 01;35
+DOOR 01;35
+BLK 40;33;01
+CHR 40;33;01
+ORPHAN 00
+SETUID 00
+SETGID 00
+CAPABILITY 00
+STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE 00
+OTHER_WRITABLE 00
+STICKY 00
+EXEC 00
+MULTIHARDLINK 00
+EOF
+eval $(dircolors -b color-without-stat)
+
+# The system may perform additional stat-like calls before main.
+# To avoid counting those, first get a baseline count by running
+# ls with only the --help option.  Then, compare that with the
+# invocation under test.
+strace -o log-help -e stat,lstat,stat64,lstat64 ls --help >/dev/null || fail=1
+n_lines_help=$(wc -l < log-help)
+
+strace -o log -e stat,lstat,stat64,lstat64 ls --color=always . || fail=1
+n_lines=$(wc -l < log)
+
+n_stat=$(expr $n_lines - $n_lines_help)
+
+# Expect one or two stat calls.
+case $n_stat in
+  1) ;;
+  *) fail=1; head -n30 log* ;;
+esac
+
+Exit $fail