tests/head/head-c.sh

#!/bin/sh
# exercise head -c

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ head
getlimits_

# exercise the fix of 2001-08-18, based on test case from Ian Bruce
echo abc > in || framework_failure_
(head -c1; head -c1) < in > out || fail=1
case "$(cat out)" in
  ab) ;;
  *) fail=1 ;;
esac

# Test for a bug in coreutils 5.0.1 through 8.22.
printf 'abc\ndef\n' > in1 || framework_failure_
(dd bs=1 skip=1 count=0 status=none && head -c-4) < in1 > out1 || fail=1
case "$(cat out1)" in
  bc) ;;
  *) fail=1 ;;
esac

# Only allocate memory as needed.
# Coreutils <= 8.21 would allocate memory up front
# based on the value passed to -c
vm=$(get_min_ulimit_v_ head -c-1 /dev/null) && {
  (ulimit -v $(($vm+8000)) && head --bytes=-$SSIZE_MAX < /dev/null) || fail=1
  (ulimit -v $(($vm+8000)) &&
    head --bytes=-${UINTMAX_OFLOW}000 < /dev/null) || fail=1
}

# Make sure it works on funny files in /proc and /sys.

for file in /proc/version /sys/kernel/profiling; do
  if test -r $file; then
    cp -f $file copy &&
    head -c -1 copy > exp1 || framework_failure_

    head -c -1 $file > out1 || fail=1
    compare exp1 out1 || fail=1
  fi
done

Exit $fail