tests/touch/dangling-symlink


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#!/bin/sh
# Make sure touch can create a file through a dangling symlink.
# This was broken in the 4.0[e-i] test releases.

if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
  set -x
  touch --version
fi

fail=0
ln -s touch-target t-symlink

# This used to infloop.
touch t-symlink || fail=1

test -f touch-target || fail=1
rm -f touch-target t-symlink

exit $fail