Script automatically exposes the bug in question

lnBug (text/plain), 1016 bytes, created by Robert Miesen on 2008-01-21 19:26:38 UTC

#!/bin/bash
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## Author:                  Robert Miesen
## Date Created:            01/21/2008
## Last Modification Date:  Time-stamp: <01/21/2008 by Robert Miesen>
## Filename:                lnBug
##
## Overview:
##     Aids in the reproduction of the 'ln -s Dir /path/to/destDir/Dir' bug.
##
## Input:
##     -- None
##
## Output:
##     -- A broken symbolic link to 'Dir' in /path/to/DestDir/
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  ## First, setup the directories and switch to the root of the directory tree
  mkdir -p LnBugDir/Dir LnBugDir/path/to/DestDir/
  cd LnBugDir

  ## Now create a symbolic link to 'Dir' in  /path/to/DestDir/
  ln -s Dir ./path/to/DestDir/Dir

  ## Now demonstrate that the created symbolic link is broken
  file ./path/to/DestDir/Dir
    ## RJM: This will proudly declare that the symlink is broken and that it's
    ##      a symlink to 'Dir', not "$(pwd)/Dir"