#!/bin/sh
# Try to create a symlink with backup where the destination file exists
# and the backup file name is a hard link to the destination file.

# Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
# 02110-1301, USA.

# Based on a problem report from Jamie Lokier.

if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
  set -x
  ln --version
fi

trap "rm -rf a b b~" 0 1 2 3 15

framework_failure=0
touch a b || framework_failure=1

if test $framework_failure = 1; then
  echo 'failure in testing framework'
  exit 1
fi

ln b b~ || fail=1
ln -f --b=simple a b || fail=1

exit $fail


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