--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# make sure ls does the right thing when invoked with no arguments.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+ set -x
+ ls --version
+fi
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+tmp=no-args.$$
+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
+mkdir -p dir/subdir || framework_failure=1
+ln -s f symlink || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+ echo 'failure in testing framework'
+ (exit 1); exit
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+cat > exp <<\EOF
+dir
+exp
+out
+symlink
+EOF
+
+ls > out || fail=1
+
+cmp out exp || fail=1
+test $fail = 1 && diff out exp 2> /dev/null
+
+(exit $fail); exit