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+#!/bin/sh
+# exercise the fix of 2001-08-18, based on test case from Ian Bruce
+
+# Copyright (C) 2001, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  head --version
+fi
+
+pwd=`pwd`
+tmp=head-c.$$
+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 abc > in || framework_failure=1
+
+if test $framework_failure = 1; then
+  echo 'failure in testing framework' 1>&2
+  (exit 1); exit 1
+fi
+
+fail=0
+
+(head -c1; head -c1) < in > out || fail=1
+case "`cat out`" in
+  ab) ;;
+  *) fail=1 ;;
+esac
+
+(exit $fail); exit $fail