--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Verify that `od -N N' reads no more than N bytes of input.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+ set -x
+ od --version
+fi
+
+# FIXME: . $srcdir/../envvar-check
+# FIXME: . $srcdir/../lang-default
+# FIXME: PRIV_CHECK_ARG=require-root . $srcdir/../priv-check
+# FIXME: PRIV_CHECK_ARG=require-non-root . $srcdir/../priv-check
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+tmp=od-N.$$
+trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0
+trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
+
+framework_failure=0
+mkdir $tmp || framework_failure=1
+cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
+echo abcdefg > in || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+ echo 'failure in testing framework' 1>&2
+ (exit 1); exit
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+(od -An -N3 -c; od -An -N3 -c) < in > out
+cat <<EOF > exp || fail=1
+ a b c
+ d e f
+EOF
+cmp out exp || {
+ fail=1
+ diff out exp 2> /dev/null
+ }
+
+(exit $fail); exit