tests/chgrp/from.sh

#!/bin/sh
# make sure chgrp --from=... works

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ chgrp
require_root_

touch f || framework_failure_

chgrp -R --preserve-root 1 f

# Make sure the owner and group are 0 and 1 respectively.
set _ $(ls -n f); shift; test ":$4" = ':1' || fail=1

# Make sure the correct diagnostic is output
# Note we output a name even though an id was specified.
chgrp -v --from=42 43 f > out || fail=1
printf "group of 'f' retained as $(id -nu 1)\n" > exp
compare exp out || fail=1

chgrp --from=:1 010 f || fail=1

# And now they should be 10
set _ $(ls -n f); shift; test ":$4" = ':10' || fail=1

ln -s f slink
# Applying chgrp to a symlink with --no-dereference
# should change only the link.
chgrp --no-dereference 1 slink || fail=1
# owner/group on the symlink should be set
set _ $(ls -n slink); shift; test ":$4" = ':1' || fail=1
# owner/group on the referent should remain unchanged
set _ $(ls -n f);     shift; test ":$4" = ':10' || fail=1

chgrp --no-dereference --from=:1 010 slink || fail=1
# owner/group on the symlink should be changed
set _ $(ls -n slink); shift; test ":$4" = ':10' || fail=1

Exit $fail