#!/bin/sh -x set -e mkdir foo echo a > foo/a echo b > foo/b mkdir foo/.snap/s r=`cat foo/.snap/s/a` [ -z "$r" ] && echo "a appears empty in snapshot" && false ln foo/b foo/b2 cat foo/.snap/s/b echo "this used to hang:" echo more >> foo/b2 echo "oh, it didn't hang! good job." cat foo/b rmdir foo/.snap/s rm -r foo