From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 16:53:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Don't use touch in root test.  Instead, append to
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0s~92
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1068a0005ae17ae49230225ba1d649530a71922b;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

Don't use touch in root test.  Instead, append to
the test file, since now touch operates even on files which deny owner
write access.
---

diff --git a/tests/shred/remove b/tests/shred/remove
index 4ab11f4c0b..4b3801acd7 100755
--- a/tests/shred/remove
+++ b/tests/shred/remove
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if test $framework_failure = 1; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-touch $tmp/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
+echo foo >> $tmp/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
   echo '********************************************'
   echo 'NOTICE: This test case cannot be run as root.'
   echo '********************************************'