symlink-ignore.test

Rsync 3.0.5 source code

#! /bin/sh

# Copyright (C) 2001 by Martin Pool <[e-mail]>

# This program is distributable under the terms of the GNU GPL (see
# COPYING).

# Test rsync's somewhat over-featured symlink control: the default
# behaviour is that symlinks should not be copied at all.

. "$suitedir/rsync.fns"

build_symlinks || test_fail "failed to build symlinks"

# Copy recursively, but without -l or -L or -a, and all the symlinks
# should be missing.
$RSYNC -r "$fromdir/" "$todir" || test_fail "$RSYNC returned $?"

[ -f "$todir/referent" ] || test_fail "referent was not copied"
[ -d "$todir/from" ] && test_fail "extra level of directories"
if is_a_link "$todir/dangling" 
then 
    test_fail "dangling symlink was copied"
fi

if is_a_link "$todir/relative" 
then
    test_fail "relative symlink was copied" 
fi

if is_a_link "$todir/absolute" 
then
    test_fail "absolute symlink was copied"
fi

# The script would have aborted on error, so getting here means we've won.
exit 0