#!/bin/sh # Test various sync(1) operations # Copyright (C) 2015-2026 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 3 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, see . . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src print_ver_ sync touch file || framework_failure_ # fdatasync+syncfs is nonsensical returns_ 1 sync --data --file-system || fail=1 # fdatasync needs an operand returns_ 1 sync -d || fail=1 # Test syncing of file (fsync) (little side effects) sync file || fail=1 # Test syncing of write-only file - which failed since adding argument # support to sync in coreutils-8.24. chmod 0200 file || framework_failure_ sync file || fail=1 # Ensure multiple args are processed and diagnosed returns_ 1 sync file nofile || fail=1 # Ensure all arguments a processed even if one results in an error returns_ 1 sync nofile1 file nofile2 2>err || fail=1 cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_ sync: error opening 'nofile1': No such file or directory sync: error opening 'nofile2': No such file or directory EOF compare exp err || fail=1 # Ensure inaccessible dirs give an appropriate error mkdir norw || framework_failure_ chmod 0 norw || framework_failure_ if ! test -r norw; then returns_ 1 sync norw 2>errt || fail=1 # AIX gives "Is a directory" sed 's/Is a directory/Permission denied/' err || framework_failure_ printf "sync: error opening 'norw': Permission denied\n" >exp compare exp err || fail=1 fi if test "$fail" != '1'; then # Ensure a fifo doesn't block mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo for opt in '' '-f' '-d'; do test "$opt" = '-f' && test "$RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS" != yes && continue returns_ 124 timeout 10 sync $opt fifo && fail=1 done fi Exit $fail