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diff --git a/tests/misc/split-fail b/tests/misc/split-fail
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..3927d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/split-fail
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# split must fail when given length/count of zero.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  split --version
+fi
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp; tmp=$t0/$$
+trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; chmod -R u+rwx $t0; rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0
+trap '(exit $?); exit $?' 1 2 13 15
+
+framework_failure=0
+mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1
+cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
+touch in || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+  echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2
+  (exit 1); exit 1
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+split -a 0 in 2> /dev/null && fail=1
+split -b 0 in 2> /dev/null && fail=1
+split -C 0 in 2> /dev/null && fail=1
+split -l 0 in 2> /dev/null && fail=1
+
+(exit $fail); exit $fail