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+#!/bin/sh
+# ensure that stat attempts birthtime access
+
+# Copyright (C) 2010 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/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+
+# Whether birthtime is supported or not, it better not change even when
+# [acm]time are modified.  :)
+touch a || fail=1
+btime=$(stat --format %W a) || fail=1
+atime=$(stat --format %X a) || fail=1
+mtime=$(stat --format %Y a) || fail=1
+ctime=$(stat --format %Z a) || fail=1
+
+case $(stat --format %x a) in
+  *.000000000*) sleep 2;; # worst case file system is FAT
+  *) # FIXME: sleep .1 would be sufficient if %X is fixed to show nanoseconds
+ sleep 1;;
+esac
+
+touch a || fail=1
+test "x$btime" = x$(stat --format %W a) || fail=1
+test "x$atime" != x$(stat --format %X a) || fail=1
+test "x$mtime" != x$(stat --format %Y a) || fail=1
+test "x$ctime" != x$(stat --format %Z a) || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail