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+#!/bin/sh
+# copy a sparse file to a pipe, to exercise some seldom-used parts of copy.c
+
+# Copyright (C) 2011 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
+print_ver_ cp
+
+require_sparse_support_
+
+mkfifo_or_skip_ pipe
+timeout 10 cat pipe > copy &
+
+truncate -s1M sparse || framework_failure_
+cp sparse pipe || fail=1
+cmp sparse copy || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail