tests/rm/dangling-symlink.sh
#!/bin/sh
# rm should not prompt before removing a dangling symlink.
# Likewise for a non-dangling symlink.
# But for fileutils-4.1.9, it would do the former and
# for fileutils-4.1.10 the latter.

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

ln -s no-file dangle
ln -s / symlink

# Terminate any background processes
cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }

rm ---presume-input-tty dangle symlink & pid=$!
# The buggy rm (fileutils-4.1.9) would hang here, waiting for input.

# Wait up to 6.3s for rm to remove the files
check_files_removed() {
  local present=0
  sleep $1
  ls -l dangle > /dev/null 2>&1 && present=1
  ls -l symlink > /dev/null 2>&1 && present=1
  test $present = 0
}
retry_delay_ check_files_removed .1 6 || fail=1

cleanup_

Exit $fail
