#!/bin/sh
# Ensure that cp --preserve=xattr, cp --preserve=all and mv preserve extended
# attributes and install does not preserve extended attributes.
# cp -a should preserve xattr, error diagnostics should not be displayed
# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
test "$VERBOSE" = yes && { cp --version; mv --version; ginstall --version; }
# Skip this test if cp was built without xattr support:
touch src dest || framework_failure
cp --preserve=xattr -n src dest \
|| skip_test_ "coreutils built without xattr support"
# this code was taken from test mv/backup-is-src
cleanup_() { rm -rf "$other_partition_tmpdir"; }
. "$abs_srcdir/other-fs-tmpdir"
b_other="$other_partition_tmpdir/b"
rm -f "$b_other" || framework_failure
# testing xattr name-value pair
xattr_name="user.foo"
xattr_value="bar"
xattr_pair="$xattr_name=\"$xattr_value\""
# create new file and check its xattrs
touch a || framework_failure
getfattr -d a >out_a || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_a && framework_failure
# try to set user xattr on file
setfattr -n "$xattr_name" -v "$xattr_value" a >out_a \
|| skip_test_ "failed to set xattr of file"
getfattr -d a >out_a || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_a \
|| skip_test_ "failed to set xattr of file"
# cp should not preserve xattr by default
cp a b || fail=1
getfattr -d b >out_b || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b && fail=1
# test if --preserve=xattr option works
cp --preserve=xattr a b || fail=1
getfattr -d b >out_b || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b || fail=1
# test if --preserve=all option works
cp --preserve=all a c || fail=1
getfattr -d c >out_c || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_c || fail=1
# cp's -a option must produce no diagnostics.
cp -a a d 2>err && test -s err && fail=1
getfattr -d d >out_d || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_d || fail=1
# test if --preserve=xattr works even for files without write access
chmod a-w a || framework_failure
rm -f e
cp --preserve=xattr a e || fail=1
getfattr -d e >out_e || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_e || fail=1
# Ensure that permission bits are preserved, too.
src_perm=$(stat --format=%a a)
dst_perm=$(stat --format=%a e)
test "$dst_perm" = "$src_perm" || fail=1
chmod u+w a || framework_failure
rm b || framework_failure
# install should never preserve xattr
ginstall a b || fail=1
getfattr -d b >out_b || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b && fail=1
# mv should preserve xattr when renaming within a file system.
# This is implicitly done by rename () and doesn't need explicit
# xattr support in mv.
mv a b || fail=1
getfattr -d b >out_b || skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b || cat >&2 <out_a \
|| test_mv=0
getfattr -d "$b_other" >out_b || test_mv=0
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b || test_mv=0
rm -f "$b_other" || framework_failure
if test $test_mv -eq 1; then
# mv should preserve xattr when copying content from one partition to another
mv b "$b_other" || fail=1
getfattr -d "$b_other" >out_b ||
skip_test_ "failed to get xattr of file"
grep -F "$xattr_pair" out_b || fail=1
else
cat >&2 <