tests/cat/cat-self.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Check that cat operates correctly when the input is the same as the output.

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

echo x >out || framework_failure_
echo x >out1 || framework_failure_
returns_ 1 cat out >>out || fail=1
compare out out1 || fail=1

# This example is taken from the POSIX spec for 'cat'.
echo x >doc || framework_failure_
echo y >doc.end || framework_failure_
cat doc doc.end >doc || fail=1
compare doc doc.end || fail=1

# This terminates even though it copies a file to itself.
# Coreutils 9.5 and earlier rejected this.
echo x >fx || framework_failure_
echo y >fy || framework_failure_
cat fx fy >fxy || fail=1
for i in 1 2; do
  cat fx >fxy$i || fail=1
done
for i in 3 4 5 6; do
  cat fx >fx$i || fail=1
done
cat - fy <fxy1 1<>fxy1 || fail=1
compare fxy fxy1 || fail=1
cat fxy2 fy 1<>fxy2 || fail=1
compare fxy fxy2 || fail=1
returns_ 1 cat fx fx3 1<>fx3 || fail=1
returns_ 1 cat - fx4 <fx 1<>fx4 || fail=1
returns_ 1 cat fx5 >>fx5 || fail=1
returns_ 1 cat <fx6 >>fx6 || fail=1

# coreutils 9.6 would fail with a plain cat if the tty was in append mode
# Simulate with a regular file to simplify
echo foo > file || framework_failure_
# Set fd 3 at EOF
exec 3< file && cat <&3 > /dev/null || framework_failure_
# Set fd 4 in append mode
exec 4>> file || framework_failure_
cat <&3 >&4 || fail=1
exec 3<&- 4>&-

Exit $fail
