# 2**63 - 1
bignum=9223372036854775807
-touch -d @$bignum future 2>/dev/null &&
-future_time=$(ls -l future) &&
-case "$future_time" in
-*" $bignum "*)
- : ;;
-*' Dec 4 300627798676 '*)
- skip_ "file system and localtime both handle big timestamps" ;;
-*)
- skip_ "file system or localtime mishandles big timestamps:" \
- "$future_time" ;;
-esac || skip_ "file system cannot represent big timestamps"
-
-printf "0\t$bignum\tfuture\n" > exp || framework_failure_
+good=0
+future=
+cleanup_() { rm -rf "$future"; }
+
+for fs in ./ /tmp /dev/shm; do
+ future=$(mktemp -p "$fs" future.XXXXXX) || continue
+ touch -d @$bignum "$future" 2>/dev/null &&
+ future_time=$(ls -l "$future") &&
+ case "$future_time" in
+ *" $bignum "*)
+ echo "file system at $fs handles big timestamps"
+ good=1; break ;;
+ *' Dec 4 300627798676 '*)
+ warn_ "file system at $fs and localtime both handle big timestamps" ;;
+ *)
+ warn_ "file system at $fs or localtime mishandles big timestamps:" \
+ "$future_time" ;;
+ esac || warn_ "file system at $fs cannot represent big timestamps"
+ rm -f "$future" || framework_failure_
+done
+
+test "$good" = 1 || skip_ "Cannot find required big timestamp support"
+
+printf "0\t$bignum\t$future\n" > exp || framework_failure_
printf "du: time '$bignum' is out of range\n" > err_ok || framework_failure_
-du --time future >out 2>err || fail=1
+du --time "$future" >out 2>err || fail=1
# On some systems an empty file occupies 4 blocks.
# Map the number of blocks to 0.