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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:22:44 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: Jim Meyering <jim AT meyering DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Fileutils 4.1 alpha 1 uploaded
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Hello.

Jim Meyering wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
[snip]
> > That rings a bell: DOS and some versions of Windows won't let you delete
> > the directory that's the current directory on some drive, even if you do
> > that from another drive.  The trick to overcome that is to chdir to the
> > root directory on that drive before removing the temporary directory.
[snip]
> That's why newer tests should all have code like this:
> 
>   pwd=`pwd`
>   tmp=FIXME.$$
>   trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0
>   trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
> 
>   framework_failure=0
>   mkdir $tmp || framework_failure=1
>   cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
> 
>   ...
> 
>   (exit $fail); exit
> 
> I'm sure some of the older test scripts don't do it right.
> If you find some, please let me know.

Here's a list of tests that don't have this trap magic in fileutils-4.1.8:

    cp/backup-1
    cp/backup-is-src
    cp/no-deref-link1
    cp/no-deref-link2
    cp/no-deref-link3
    cp/symlink-slash
    dd/misc
    ln/sf-1
    ls/symlink-slash
    ls/time-1
    mkdir/p-1
    mkdir/p-2
    mv/hard-link-1
    mv/into-self
    mv/into-self-3
    rm/deep-1
    rm/f-1
    rm/i-1
    rm/ir-1
    rm/r-3
    rm/sunos-1
    touch/fifo

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]